"Caspases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of intracellular CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES that play a role in regulating INFLAMMATION and APOPTOSIS. They specifically cleave peptides at a CYSTEINE amino acid that follows an ASPARTIC ACID residue. Caspases are activated by proteolytic cleavage of a precursor form to yield large and small subunits that form the enzyme. Since the cleavage site within precursors matches the specificity of caspases, sequential activation of precursors by activated caspases can occur.
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D020169
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D08.811.277.656.262.500.126 D08.811.277.656.300.200.126 D12.644.360.075.405 D12.776.476.075.405
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| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Caspases" by people in Profiles.
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Differing Mechanisms of Death Induction by Fluorinated Taxane SB-T-12854 in Breast Cancer Cells. Anticancer Res. 2017 04; 37(4):1581-1590.
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Short communication: Apoptosis pathways in HIV-1-infected patients before and after highly active antiretroviral therapy: relevance to immune recovery. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2015 Feb; 31(2):208-16.
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The apoptotic effects of oxidative stress and antiapoptotic effects of caspase inhibitors on rat notochordal cells. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2007 Oct 15; 32(22):2443-8.
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Cross-linking of CD54 on Burkitt lymphoma cell line Raji and Ramos induces FasL expression by reactive oxygen species and apoptosis of adjacent cells in Fas/FasL interaction. J Immunother. 2007 Oct; 30(7):727-39.
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Benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-diol-9,10-epoxide causes caspase-mediated apoptosis in H460 human lung cancer cell line. Cell Cycle. 2007 Nov 15; 6(22):2826-34.
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Guggulsterone-induced apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells is caused by reactive oxygen intermediate dependent activation of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase. Cancer Res. 2007 Aug 01; 67(15):7439-49.
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Increased angiopoietin2 expression is associated with endothelial apoptosis and blood-brain barrier breakdown. Lab Invest. 2005 Oct; 85(10):1189-98.
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Caspase-cleaved tau accumulation in neurodegenerative diseases associated with tau and alpha-synuclein pathology. Acta Neuropathol. 2005 Aug; 110(2):135-44.
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Inhibitors of the arachidonic acid pathway and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ligands have superadditive effects on lung cancer growth inhibition. Cancer Res. 2005 May 15; 65(10):4181-90.
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L-Ascorbic acid induces apoptosis in acute myeloid leukemia cells via hydrogen peroxide-mediated mechanisms. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2004 Nov; 36(11):2180-95.