News tagged with caspase 8
Biologists discover a protein link to wound healing
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Diabetes and eczema may appear to be two completely unrelated diseases. But UC San Diego biologists have uncovered what appears to be a crucial biochemical link between the two.
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How proteins talk to each other: Caspase-3 cleaves in unforeseen ways
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research have identified novel cleavage sites for the enzyme caspase-3 (an enzyme that proteolytically cleaves target proteins). Using an advanced proteomic technique called ...
Protein that promotes cancer cell growth identified
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have found that the Caspase-8 protein, long known to play a major role in promoting programmed cell death (apoptosis), helps relay signals that can cause cancer ...
Women have a more powerful immune system than men
May 12, 2009 |
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When it comes to immunity, men may not have been dealt an equal hand. The latest study by Dr. Maya Saleh, of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre and McGill University, shows that women have a more ...
Enzyme plays key role in cell fate
Jun 04, 2008 |
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The road to death or differentiation follows a similar course in embryonic stem cells, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in a report that appears online today in the journal Cell Stem Cell.
Cells re-energize to come back from the brink of death
Jun 01, 2007 |
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The discovery of how some abnormal cells can avoid a biochemical program of self-destruction by increasing their energy level and repairing the damage, is giving investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital insights ...
Caspase-12: Researcher finds new defense mechanism against intestinal inflammation
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Mar 12, 2008 |
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The body’s first line of defence against pathogenic bacteria that we ingest may not be the immune system but rather the cells that line the intestine. This surprising conclusion is just one facet of a study by Dr. Maya Saleh, ...
Promising novel treatment for human cancer -- Chrysanthemum indicum extract
Oct 16, 2009 |
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A series of studies have demonstrated that Chrysanthemum indicum possesses antimicrobial, antiinflammatory, immunomodulatory, and neuroprotective effects. Recently, much attention has been devoted to the anticancer activi ...
How do infections and toxins launch a cell's self-destruct and alarm system?
Mar 10, 2008 |
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Cells are coded with several programs for self-destruction. Many cells die peacefully. Others cause a ruckus on their way out.
Common anesthetic induces Alzheimer's-associated changes in mouse brains
Nov 12, 2008 |
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For the first time researchers have shown that a commonly used anesthetic can produce changes associated with Alzheimer's disease in the brains of living mammals, confirming previous laboratory studies. In their Annals of ...
Immune cells kill foes by disrupting mitochondria 2 ways
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May 15, 2008 |
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When killer T cells of the immune system encounter virus-infected or cancer cells, they unload a lethal mix of toxic proteins that trigger the target cells to self-destruct. A new study shows T cells can initiate cellular ...
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