[HTML][HTML] BH3-only proteins Noxa and Puma are key regulators of induced apoptosis

R Roufayel, K Younes, A Al-Sabi, N Murshid - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Apoptosis is an evolutionarily conserved and tightly regulated cell death pathway.
Physiological cell death is important for maintaining homeostasis and optimal biological …

Regulation of innate immune responses by cell death‐associated caspases during virus infection

Y Fang, K Peng - The FEBS Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Viruses are obligate intracellular pathogens that rely on cellular machinery for successful
replication and dissemination. The host cells encode a number of different strategies to …

[HTML][HTML] Interactions of multidomain pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic proteins in cancer cell death

A Chota, BP George, H Abrahamse - Oncotarget, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer is a global public health concern that is characterized by the uncontrolled growth of
tumor cells. It is regarded as the subsequent cause of death after cardiovascular disease …

DNA binding and evaluation of anticancer activity in vitro and in vivo of iridium (III) polypyridyl complexes

Y Zhang, Y Zhou, H Zhang, L Tian, J Hao… - Journal of Inorganic …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this report, we synthesized three new iridium (III) complexes:[Ir (piq) 2 (apip)] PF 6 (Ir1,
piq= 1-phenylisoquinoline, apip= 2-aminophenyl-1H-imidazo [4, 5-f][1, 10] …

Alternative translation contributes to the generation of a cytoplasmic subpopulation of the Junín virus nucleoprotein that inhibits caspase activation and innate …

L Bostedt, L Fénéant, A Leske, J Holzerland… - Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
The highly pathogenic arenavirus, Junín virus (JUNV), expresses three truncated alternative
isoforms of its nucleoprotein (NP), ie, NP53kD, NP47kD, and NP40kD. While both NP47kD …

[HTML][HTML] A novel Mcl-1 inhibitor synergizes with venetoclax to induce apoptosis in cancer cells

T Zhao, Q He, S Xie, H Zhan, C Jiang, S Lin, F Liu… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Background Evading apoptosis by overexpression of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins is a
hallmark of cancer cells and the Bcl-2 selective inhibitor venetoclax is widely used in the …

[HTML][HTML] Differences in viral RNA synthesis but not budding or entry contribute to the in vitro attenuation of reston virus compared to ebola virus

BS Bodmer, J Greßler, ML Schmidt, J Holzerland… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Most filoviruses cause severe disease in humans. For example, Ebola virus (EBOV) is
responsible for the two most extensive outbreaks of filovirus disease to date, with case …

Bioactive Pentacyclic Triterpenes Trigger Multiple Signalling Pathways for Selective Apoptosis Leading to Anticancer Efficacy: Recent Updates and Future …

J Banerjee, S Samanta, R Ahmed… - Current Protein and …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
Nowadays, discovering an effective and safe anticancer medication is one of the major
challenges. Premature death due to the unidirectional toxicity of conventional therapy is …

Up-regulation of PUMA caused the activation of p53 phosphorylation and acetylation, enhancing the interaction between PUMA and Bcl-X and mediating arsenic …

Q Zhou, J Yin, J Tan, S Li, C Jiang, Y He - Toxicology and Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
Arsenic is a toxic metalloid vastly dispersed all over the occupational environments,
manifesting multiple adverse health issues related to apoptosis. PUMA (p53 up-regulated …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of stress-activated kinases in response to Tacaribe virus infection and its implications for viral replication

J Holzerland, L Fénéant, A Groseth - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Arenaviruses include important zoonotic pathogens that cause hemorrhagic fever (eg, Junín
virus; JUNV) as well as other viruses that are closely related but apathogenic (eg, Tacaribe …