title: [Apoptosis: mitochondrial membrane permeabilization and the role played by Bcl-2 family proteins].
abstract: The crucial role of mitochondria in the initiation of apoptosis is well established. The metabolic consequences of mitochondrial membrane permeabilization as well as the leakage of apoptogenic factors normally confined to mitochondria determines the catabolic features of cell death. Here we attempt to summarize the current view of the mechanisms that lead to the efflux of many proteins from mitochondria during apoptosis and the role played by Bcl-2 family proteins in these events.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Hematoonkologii Akademii Medycznej w Lublinie. agnieszkajunak@poczta.onet.pl
authors.forename: Zofia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rupniewska
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bojarska-Junak
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D051336:Mitochondrial Membranes / Q000378:metabolism*; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000502:physiology*; D050994:Voltage-Dependent Anion Channels / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D050994:Voltage-Dependent Anion Channels; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate