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Requirement for ceramide-initiated SAPK/JNK signalling in stress-induced apoptosis.
Nature - 7 Mar 1996
Verheij M, Bose R, Lin X H, Yao B, Jarvis W D, Grant S, Birrer M J, Szabo E, Zon L I, Kyriakis J M, Haimovitz-Friedman A, Fuks Z, Kolesnick R N
Abstract excerpt
The induction of programmed cell death, or apoptosis, involves activation of a signalling system, many elements of which remain unknown. The sphingomyelin pathway, initiated by hydrolysis of the phospholipid sphingomyelin in the cell membrane to generate the second messenger ceramide, is thought to mediate apoptosis in response to tumour-necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, to Fas ligand and to X-rays. It is not known...
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