"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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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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Caspase-dependent and -independent panc-1 cell death due to actinomycin D and MK 886 are additive but increase clonogenic survival. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2003 Sep; 228(8):915-25.
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Signaling mechanisms leading to the regulation of differentiation and apoptosis of articular chondrocytes by insulin-like growth factor-1. J Biol Chem. 2003 Sep 19; 278(38):36563-71.
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L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C) induces the apoptosis of B16 murine melanoma cells via a caspase-8-independent pathway. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2003 Nov; 52(11):693-8.
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Pathways involved in proliferating, senescent and immortalized keratinocyte cell death mediated by two different TRAIL preparations. Exp Dermatol. 2002 Dec; 11(6):573-83.
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CM1 ligation initiates apoptosis in a caspase 8-dependent manner in Ramos cells and in a mitochondria-controlled manner in Raji cells. Hum Immunol. 2002 Jul; 63(7):576-87.
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p38 kinase-dependent and -independent Inhibition of protein kinase C zeta and -alpha regulates nitric oxide-induced apoptosis and dedifferentiation of articular chondrocytes. J Biol Chem. 2002 Aug 16; 277(33):30375-81.
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ERK-1/2 and p38 kinase oppositely regulate nitric oxide-induced apoptosis of chondrocytes in association with p53, caspase-3, and differentiation status. J Biol Chem. 2002 Jan 11; 277(2):1332-9.