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Effector caspases and leukemia.
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PMID:  21647292     Owner:  NLM     Status:  PubMed-not-MEDLINE    
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Caspases, a family of aspartate-specific cysteine proteases, play a major role in apoptosis and a variety of physiological and pathological processes. Fourteen mammalian caspases have been identified and can be divided into two groups: inflammatory caspases and apoptotic caspases. Based on the structure and function, the apoptotic caspases are further grouped into initiator/apical caspases (caspase-2, -8, -9, and -10) and effector/executioner caspases (caspase-3, -6, and -7). In this paper, we discuss what we have learned about the role of individual effector caspase in mediating both apoptotic and nonapoptotic events, with special emphasis on leukemia-specific oncoproteins in relation to effector caspases.
Authors:
Ying Lu; Guo-Qiang Chen
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2011-04-14
Journal Detail:
Title:  International journal of cell biology     Volume:  2011     ISSN:  1687-8884     ISO Abbreviation:  Int J Cell Biol     Publication Date:  2011  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-06-07     Completed Date:  2011-07-14     Revised Date:  2011-07-28    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101517861     Medline TA:  Int J Cell Biol     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  738301     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
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