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Delaying caspase activation by Bcl-2: A clue to disease retardation in a transgenic mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 15 Dec 2000
Vukosavic S, Stefanis L, Jackson-Lewis V, Guégan C, Romero N, Chen C, Dubois-Dauphin M, Przedborski S
Abstract excerpt
Molecular mechanisms of apoptosis may participate in motor neuron degeneration produced by mutant copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (mSOD1), the only proven cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Consistent with this, herein we show that the spinal cord of transgenic mSOD1 mice is the site of the sequential activation of caspase-1 and caspase-3. Activated caspase-3 and its produced beta-actin cleavage...
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