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Respiratory chain complex II as general sensor for apoptosis.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 May 2013
Grimm Stefan
Abstract excerpt
I review here the evidence that complex II of the respiratory chain (RC) constitutes a general sensor for apoptosis induction. This concept emerged from work on neurodegenerative diseases and from recent data on metabolic alterations in cancer cells affecting the RC and in particular on mutations of complex II subunits. It is also supported by experiments with many anticancer compounds that compared the apoptosis...
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