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Activation of the Fas pathway independently of Fas ligand during apoptosis induced by camptothecin in p53 mutant human colon carcinoma cells.
Oncogene - 5 Apr 2001
Shao R G, Cao C X, Nieves-Neira W, Dimanche-Boitrel M T, Solary E, Pommier Y
Abstract excerpt
The present study explored the role of the cell surface receptor Fas (CD95/APO-1) in apoptosis induced by camptothecin (CPT) in the HT29 colon carcinoma cell line. CPT-induced apoptosis was associated with high molecular weight DNA fragmentation as measured by filter elution. This fragmentation was inhibited by the caspase inhibitor, z-VAD-fmk and by cycloheximide, which also prevented proteolytic activation of...
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