title: Fas Bim boom!
abstract: New findings by Hughes et al. (2008), Hutcheson et al. (2008), and Weant et al. (2008) highlight the roles of apoptosis regulators Bim and Fas in the contraction phase of T cell responses and reveal consequences of failure of this process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA. douglas.green@stjude.org
authors.forename: Douglas R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072224:Bcl-2-Like Protein 11; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D019014:fas Receptor / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; C000606775:BCL2L11 protein, human; D000072224:Bcl-2-Like Protein 11; C000606776:Bcl2l11 protein, mouse; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019014:fas Receptor