Analysis of the transcriptional program induced by Raf in epithelial cells
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To study the contribution of MAP kinase-mediated transcriptional changes to the transformed phenotype an inducible form of Raf was used to study early changes in the transcription of some 6000 genes after activation of the kinase in a normal human breast epithelial cell line. Autocrine activation of the EGF receptor was seen to control ability of RAf activation to protect the cells from apotosis brought on by detachment of cells from extracellular matrix.
Publication Name: Genes & Development
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0890-9369
Year: 2001
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BH3-only proteins that bind pro-survival Bcl-2 family members fail to induce apoptosis in the absence of Bax and Bak
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BH3-only proteins that bind pro-survival Bcl-2 family members have been found to not induce apoptosis without Bak and Bax. It appears that neither activation of BH3-only proteins nor suppression of pro-survival Bcl-2 proteins can kill cells without them. Oncogenic transformation, it appears, is supressed by the function of either Bax or Bak.
Publication Name: Genes & Development
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0890-9369
Year: 2001
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The serine/threonine kinase Pim-2 is a transcriptionally regulated apoptotic inhibitor
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Research has been conducted on serine/threonine kinase Pim-2. The authors reveal that Pim-2 is a direct link between growth factor-induced transcription and kinase-dependent pathway which promotes cell-autonomous survival.
Publication Name: Genes & Development
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0890-9369
Year: 2003
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