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Our new model of the interplay between apoptosis pathways: Anti-apoptotic protein TCTP interacts with Bcl-xL and sequesters cytosolic Bax translocation into mitochondria. Irradiation Cytotoxic drugs Virus Bacteria Growth factor & cytokine removal anoikis.
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Our new model of the interplay between apoptosis pathways: Anti-apoptotic protein TCTP interacts with Bcl-xL and sequesters cytosolic Bax translocation into mitochondria Irradiation Cytotoxic drugs Virus Bacteria Growth factor & cytokine removal anoikis Death receptors: FasL, TNFR, DR3, DR4/5 FADD or TRADD DISC Bcl-2/Bcl-xL Pro-caspase 8 tBID TCTP caspase 8 Sensors microtubules Pro-caspase 3 casposome Dm Bax mitochondria BH3 only/Bax translocation Cytochrome c Active caspase 3 Caspase cascade Apaf-1/ Caspase 9 (apoptosome) Nucleus Apoptosis Yang et al., Oncogene 24, 4778, 2005
Our new model of selection of autoantigens: Stimulation-responsive splicing of autoantigen transcripts plays an important role in triggering pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases Ng et al., J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 114, 1463, 2004; Xiong et al., J. Clin. Pathol, in press, 2006