Title : Essential requirement for caspase-8/FLICE in the initiation of the Fas-induced apoptotic cascade.

Pub. Date : 1998 Sep 10

PMID : 9740801






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1 Essential requirement for caspase-8/FLICE in the initiation of the Fas-induced apoptotic cascade. ammonium ferrous sulfate caspase 8 Homo sapiens
2 Essential requirement for caspase-8/FLICE in the initiation of the Fas-induced apoptotic cascade. ammonium ferrous sulfate caspase 8 Homo sapiens
3 RESULTS: In a genetic screen for essential components of the Fas-mediated apoptotic cascade, we isolated a Jurkat T lymphocyte cell line deficient in caspase-8 that was completely resistant to Fas-induced apoptosis. ammonium ferrous sulfate caspase 8 Homo sapiens
4 RESULTS: In a genetic screen for essential components of the Fas-mediated apoptotic cascade, we isolated a Jurkat T lymphocyte cell line deficient in caspase-8 that was completely resistant to Fas-induced apoptosis. ammonium ferrous sulfate caspase 8 Homo sapiens
5 Fas activation of multiple caspases and of the stress kinase p38 and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) was completely blocked in the caspase-8-deficient cell line. ammonium ferrous sulfate caspase 8 Homo sapiens
6 Fas activation of multiple caspases and of the stress kinase p38 and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) was completely blocked in the caspase-8-deficient cell line. ammonium ferrous sulfate caspase 8 Homo sapiens
7 CONCLUSIONS: This study provides the first genetic evidence that caspase-8 occupies an essential and apical position in the Fas signaling pathway and suggests that caspase-8 may participate broadly in multiple apoptotic pathways. ammonium ferrous sulfate caspase 8 Homo sapiens
8 CONCLUSIONS: This study provides the first genetic evidence that caspase-8 occupies an essential and apical position in the Fas signaling pathway and suggests that caspase-8 may participate broadly in multiple apoptotic pathways. ammonium ferrous sulfate caspase 8 Homo sapiens