Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10904409 | Experimental Cell Research | 2012 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Cell death is critical to the normal functioning of multi-cellular organisms, playing a central role in development, immunity, inflammation, and cancer progression. Two cell death mechanisms, apoptosis and necroptosis, are dependent on the formation of distinct multi-protein complexes including the DISC, Apoptosome, Piddosome and Necrosome following the induction of cell death by specific stimuli. The role of several of these key multi-protein signalling platforms, namely the DISC, TNFR1 complex I/II, the Necrosome and Ripoptosome, in mediating these pathways will be discussed, as well as the open questions and potential therapeutic benefits of understanding their underlying mechanisms.
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Authors
Laura S. Dickens, Ian R. Powley, Michelle A. Hughes, Marion MacFarlane,