The control of endoplasmic reticulum-initiated apoptosis by the BCL-2 family of proteins.
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.
Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, 94143, USA. scott.oakes@ucsf.edu
Scott A
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Oakes
Stephen S
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Lin
Michael C
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Bassik
D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism*
D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2