... distributed in the nucleolus, nucleus and cytoplasm of the cell, as well as at the cell surface [10]. Nucleolin ⁄ C23 regulatesmany aspects of DNA and RNA metabolism, such as RNA polymerase I-mediated ... overexpressioninhibited H2O2-mediated release of Smac (the secondmitochondria-derived activator of caspases), activa-tion of caspase-3 and caspase-9, and apoptosis inC2C12 myogenic cells ... among the regulation of nucleo-lin ⁄ C23, the activation of caspase-3 and the induction of apoptosis under the setting of oxidative stress andHsp70 overexpression. More importantly, for the firsttime,...