Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2088067 | Journal of Immunological Methods | 2015 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
CD95/Fas/APO-1 is a member of the death receptor (DR) family. Stimulation of CD95 leads to the induction of apoptosis as well as to NF-κB signaling. Crosstalk between these two pathways plays a central role in cell fate. Defects in the regulation of apoptosis and of NF-κB are connected to a number of chronic inflammatory diseases and cancer. For a better understanding of the life/death decisions in the cell and their contribution to disease progression, the development of new technologies is required. Using imaging flow cytometry we developed a method that enables a quantitative detection of different CD95 signaling pathways in the single cell. The important advantage of this method compared to other approaches is that it allows quantifying a large number of single cells undergoing apoptosis and NF-κB activation. This technology could provide new insights into the quantitative characterization of apoptosis and NF-κB at the single cell level and could be used for the quantitative network analysis in systems biology studies.
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Authors
Jörn H. Schmidt, Sabine Pietkiewicz, Michael Naumann, Inna N. Lavrik,