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Apoptosis caused by cathepsins does not require Bid signaling in an in vivo model of progressive myoclonus epilepsy (EPM1).
Cell death and differentiation - 1 Dec 2003
Houseweart M K, Vilaythong A, Yin X-M, Turk B, Noebels J L, Myers R M
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Apoptosis can be mediated by mechanisms other than the traditional caspase-mediated cleavage cascade. There is growing recognition that alternative proteolytic enzymes such as the lysosomal cathepsin proteases can initiate or propagate proapoptotic signals, but it is currently unclear how cathepsins achieve these actions. Recent in vitro evidence suggests that cathepsins cleave the proapoptotic Bcl-2 family...
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