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Caspase-1α Is Down-regulated in Human Ovarian Cancer Cells and the Overexpression of Caspase-1α Induces Apoptosis
1 Oct 2005
Abstract excerpt
Caspase-1 plays a key role in the processing of cytokines and in the apoptosis of neurons and macrophages. Whether it also causes apoptosis of cancer cells has been unclear. In this study, we screened an array of apoptosis-related proteins in ovarian carcinoma cell lines and their tissue of origin, ovarian surface epithelium (OSE). Caspase-1alpha protein was abundant in OSE and in nontumorigenic OSE with extended...
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