title: Fas-induced apoptosis in B cells.
abstract: Engagement of the cell surface receptor Fas/APO-1 (CD95) initiates a sequence of intracellular events that leads to apoptotic cell death, and this outcome occurs in B cells as it does in other cell types. Fas signaling for B cell death is of particular interest because the expression and function of Fas is altered by engagement of additional cell surface receptors, leading to marked receptor-specific variation in susceptibility to Fas-induced apoptosis. Evidence suggests that the sensitivity of B cells to Fas-mediated apoptosis is intimately connected to homeostasis in the serological arm of the immune system and plays a role in the dysregulation that occurs in certain autoimmune and malignant dyscrasias.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, and the Immunobiology Unit, Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Rothstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D015551:Autoimmunity / Q000276:immunology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000378:metabolism; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D019014:fas Receptor / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C505661:FASLG protein, human; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein; C505658:Fasl protein, mouse; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D019014:fas Receptor