E3 ubiquitin ligase ASB17 promotes apoptosis by ubiquitylating and degrading BCLW and MCL1

G Yang, P Wan, Q Xiang, S Huang, S Huang, J Wang… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
… in testis development and spermatogenesis between WT and ASB17 −/− mice. Notably,
no … Even though the mice that lacked BCLW were normal, male BCLW-deficient mice were …

BCL-W has a fundamental role in B cell survival and lymphomagenesis

CM Adams, AS Kim, R Mitra, JK Choi… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
… W in primary mouse hematopoietic cells and to observations that Bcl-w–deficient mice have
no overt … While BCL-W is recognized for its critical function in spermatogenesis (8, 9), there is …

BCL-w: apoptotic and non-apoptotic role in health and disease

ML Hartman, M Czyz - Cell Death & Disease, 2020 - nature.com
… This is supported by studies showing that loss of BCL-w was associated with defects in
spermatogenesis and small intestine cells in mice but had no deleterious effects in the majority of …

Non-Hodgkin and Hodgkin lymphomas select for overexpression of BCLW

CM Adams, R Mitra, JZ Gong, CM Eischen - Clinical Cancer Research, 2017 - AACR
… We recently discovered BCLW, an antiapoptotic BCL2 family member thought only to
contribute to spermatogenesis, was overexpressed in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and …

BCL-W makes only minor contributions to MYC-driven lymphoma development

ST Diepstraten, JE La Marca, C Chang, S Young… - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
… , and the lack of other defects in Bcl-w −/− mice [18,19,20], it … mice with other mutant mice
with spermatogenesis defects but no other abnormalities, such as spermatid maturation 1 mice

Anti-apoptotic BCL-2 family members in development

JT Opferman, A Kothari - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2018 - nature.com
… sterility of male mice. Despite this profound effect on spermatogenesis, the BCL-W-deficient
mice are otherwise … Thus, BCL-W has a very selective role in promoting spermatogenesis. …

In vivo modeling and characterization of MYC/BCL2 Double Hit Lymphoma

G Ceccotti - 2021 - air.unimi.it
… , except a modest rise in platelets (Mason et al., 2007), and bax-/- mice exhibit only mild
lymphoid hyperplasia and male sterility, the latter because proper spermatogenesis requires the …

BCL-W is dispensable for the sustained survival of select Burkitt lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma cell lines

ST Diepstraten, C Chang, L Tai, J Gong, P Lan… - Blood …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Dysregulated expression of BCL-2 family proteins allows cancer cells to escape apoptosis.
To counter this, BH3-mimetic drugs that target and inhibit select BCL-2 prosurvival proteins to …

What can we learn from mice lacking pro-survival BCL-2 proteins to advance BH3 mimetic drugs for cancer therapy?

K Brinkmann, AP Ng, CA de Graaf… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
… We summarise the findings from gene-targeting studies in mice to discuss the specific roles
of … males are infertile, demonstrating a critical role for BCL-W in spermatogenesis [78, 79]. …

Male reproductive phenotypes of genetically altered laboratory mice (Mus musculus): a review based on pertinent literature from the last three decades

K Buranaamnuay - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Mice overexpressing the apoptosis-inhibitory Bcl-xL or Bcl-2 proteins in the male germinal …
spermatogenesis accompanied by sterility. Massive spermatogonia and a few spermatocytes