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    Curr Mol Med. 2006 Feb;6(1):99-109.

    The control of endoplasmic reticulum-initiated apoptosis by the BCL-2 family of proteins.

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    Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, 94143, USA. scott.oakes@ucsf.edu

    Abstract

    Irreversible perturbations in the homeostasis of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are thought to lead to apoptosis and cell loss in a number of important human diseases, including Alzheimer disease, Parkinson disease, and type 2 diabetes. However, the exact mechanisms that lead from ER stress to cell death remain incompletely understood. Recent work has shown that the BCL-2 family of proteins plays a central role in regulating this form of cell death, both locally at the ER and from a distance at the mitochondrial membrane.

    PMID:
    16472117
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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