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Loss of PUMA (BBC3) does not prevent thrombocytopenia caused by the loss of BCL-XL (BCL2L1).
British journal of haematology - 1 Sept 2016
Delbridge Alex R D, Chappaz Stephane, Ritchie Matthew E, Kile Benjamin T, Strasser Andreas, Grabow Stephanie
Abstract excerpt
Apoptosis is required to maintain tissue homeostasis in multicellular organisms. Platelets, the anucleate cells that are essential for blood clotting, are a prime example. Their brief life span in the circulation is regulated by the intrinsic apoptosis pathway. Pro-survival BCL-XL (also termed BCL2L1) is essential for platelet viability. It functions to restrain the pro-apoptotic BCL-2 family members BAK (also...
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