Programmed cell death (PCD) is an integral part of both animal and plant development. In
animals, model systems such as Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster, and …

Rotaviruses, which are the main cause of viral gastroenteritis in young children, induce
structural and functional damages in infected mature enterocytes of the small intestine. To …

Previously we have found that stationary Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) cells in vivo
accumulated heat shock proteins (HSPs) and became resistant to necrotic heath induced by …

Background: Cancer is a complex genetic disease which is characterized by an abnormal
cell growth, invasion and spreading to other parts of the body. There are several factors that …

Interferons (IFNs) and retinoids are potent biological response modifiers. By using JAK-
STAT pathways, IFNs regulate the expression of genes involved in antiviral, antitumor, and …

Human autologous tumour-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) were generated from
peripheral blood on small formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded sections of a gastric cancer. The …

It was previously shown (Eur J Cell Biol 69, 105–119) that cells of established lines like
NIH3T3 fibroblasts and the human pancreatic adenocarcinoma PaTu 8902 line only …

The protein phosphatase inhibitors okadaic acid and calyculin A at moderate concentrations
induced three types of apoptotic promyelocytic leukemia cell death, distinct with respect to …

In dexamethasone-treated thymocyte cultures an increase in nuclear proteolytic activity
paralleled chromatin fragmentation and the appearance of small apoptotic cells. The …

The caspase-dependent activation of cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) in varied cell types in
response to disparate suicidal stimuli has prompted our examination of the role of Cdks in …