Major apoptotic mechanisms and genes involved in apoptosis

Y Kiraz, A Adan, M Kartal Yandim, Y Baran - Tumor Biology, 2016 - Springer
As much as the cellular viability is important for the living organisms, the elimination of
unnecessary or damaged cells has the opposite necessity for the maintenance of …

The apoptosome: signalling platform of cell death

SJ Riedl, GS Salvesen - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2007 - nature.com
Recent work on the initial switches that trigger cell death has revealed surprising inventions
of nature that ensure the ordered suicide of a cell that has been selected for demise …

Apoptosis and cancer: mutations within caspase genes

S Ghavami, M Hashemi, SR Ande… - Journal of medical …, 2009 - jmg.bmj.com
The inactivation of programmed cell death has profound effects not only on the development
but also on the overall integrity of multicellular organisms. Beside developmental …

[HTML][HTML] A death effector domain chain DISC model reveals a crucial role for caspase-8 chain assembly in mediating apoptotic cell death

LS Dickens, RS Boyd, R Jukes-Jones, MA Hughes… - Molecular cell, 2012 - cell.com
Formation of the death-inducing signaling complex (DISC) is a critical step in death receptor-
mediated apoptosis, yet the mechanisms underlying assembly of this key multiprotein …

Onto better TRAILs for cancer treatment

D de Miguel, J Lemke, A Anel, H Walczak… - Cell Death & …, 2016 - nature.com
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), also known as Apo-
2 ligand (Apo2L), is a member of the TNF cytokine superfamily. By cross-linking TRAIL …

The death domain superfamily in intracellular signaling of apoptosis and inflammation

HH Park, YC Lo, SC Lin, L Wang, JK Yang… - Annu. Rev …, 2007 - annualreviews.org
The death domain (DD) superfamily comprising the death domain (DD) subfamily, the death
effector domain (DED) subfamily, the caspase recruitment domain (CARD) subfamily, and …

Apoptosome: a platform for the activation of initiator caspases

Q Bao, Y Shi - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2007 - nature.com
Apoptosome refers to the adaptor protein complex that mediates the activation of an initiator
caspase at the onset of apoptosis. In mammalian cells, caspase-9, caspase-8, and caspase …

Cell death mechanisms induced by cytotoxic lymphocytes

L Chavez-Galan, AD Angel, E Zenteno… - Cellular & molecular …, 2009 - nature.com
One of the functions of the immune system is to recognize and destroy abnormal or infected
cells to maintain homeostasis. This is accomplished by cytotoxic lymphocytes. Cytotoxicity is …

The Fas–FADD death domain complex structure unravels signalling by receptor clustering

FL Scott, B Stec, C Pop, MK Dobaczewska, JEJ Lee… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
The death inducing signalling complex (DISC) formed by Fas receptor, FADD (Fas-
associated death domain protein) and caspase 8 is a pivotal trigger of apoptosis,,. The Fas …

E2 interaction and dimerization in the crystal structure of TRAF6

Q Yin, SC Lin, B Lamothe, M Lu, YC Lo… - Nature structural & …, 2009 - nature.com
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor–associated factor (TRAF)-6 mediates Lys63-linked
polyubiquitination for NF-κB activation via its N-terminal RING and zinc finger domains. Here …