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Human T-cell leukemia virus type-I oncoprotein Tax inhibits Fas-mediated apoptosis by inducing cellular FLIP through activation of NF-kappaB.
Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms - 1 Feb 2006
Okamoto Kazuo, Fujisawa Jun-ichi, Reth Michael, Yonehara Shin
Abstract excerpt
Human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) is an etiologic agent of adult T-cell leukemia and induces autoimmune disease. Previous analyses of tax transgenic mice suggested that protection of peripheral T-cells from Fas-mediated apoptosis by virus-encoded oncoprotein Tax was relevant to the onset of HTLV-I-induced diseases. Here, we show the high level expression of cellular FLICE/caspase-8-inhibitory protein...
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