PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 12529972-2 2002 MATERIALS AND METHODS: To understand the mechanism of beta 2m-induced apoptosis, we added purified human beta 2m to cultures of K562 human chronic myelocytic leukemia cells, detected apoptosis by DNA fragmentation and annexin V binding assays, measured mitochondrial membrane potential (delta psi m), and used Z-VAD-fmk, a general inhibitor of caspases, inhibitors of caspases-1 and-3, as well as Western blot analysis to detect activated caspases. benzyloxycarbonylvalyl-alanyl-aspartyl fluoromethyl ketone 310-319 beta-2-microglobulin Homo sapiens 54-61 12529972-4 2002 Treatment with the general caspase inhibitor Z-VAD-fmk, as well as the caspase-1 inhibitor YVAD-CHO, significantly blocked beta 2m-induced apoptosis. benzyloxycarbonylvalyl-alanyl-aspartyl fluoromethyl ketone 45-54 beta-2-microglobulin Homo sapiens 123-130 12471614-3 2003 Moreover, the beta(2)m-induced release of cytochrome c and AIF from the mitochondria in CCRF-HSB-2 cells was caspase-independent, since Z-VAD-fmk, a general inhibitor of caspases, did not block the release of these factors. benzyloxycarbonylvalyl-alanyl-aspartyl fluoromethyl ketone 136-145 beta-2-microglobulin Homo sapiens 14-22 12471614-4 2003 However, Z-VAD-fmk treatment significantly blocked beta(2)m-induced apoptosis, while Western blot analysis revealed that caspases-1, -2, -3, -6, -7, -8 and -9 are not activated during beta(2)m-induced apoptosis in these cells. benzyloxycarbonylvalyl-alanyl-aspartyl fluoromethyl ketone 9-18 beta-2-microglobulin Homo sapiens 51-59 11704825-7 2001 Additionally, Z-VAD-fmk, a general inhibitor of caspases which inhibited cytochrome c release in HL-60 and HL-60/VCR cells, had no effect on AIF release in any of these cell lines, but inhibited beta(2)m-induced apoptosis in all three cell lines. benzyloxycarbonylvalyl-alanyl-aspartyl fluoromethyl ketone 14-23 beta-2-microglobulin Homo sapiens 195-203