A review on caspases: key regulators of biological activities and apoptosis

G Sahoo, D Samal, P Khandayataray… - Molecular neurobiology, 2023 - Springer
Caspases are proteolytic enzymes that belong to the cysteine protease family and play a
crucial role in homeostasis and programmed cell death. Caspases have been broadly …

Necroptosis, pyroptosis and apoptosis: an intricate game of cell death

D Bertheloot, E Latz, BS Franklin - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2021 - nature.com
Cell death is a fundamental physiological process in all living organisms. Its roles extend
from embryonic development, organ maintenance, and aging to the coordination of immune …

Fundamental mechanisms of regulated cell death and implications for heart disease

DP Del Re, D Amgalan, A Linkermann… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Twelve regulated cell death programs have been described. We review in detail the basic
biology of nine including death receptor-mediated apoptosis, death receptor-mediated …

Understanding apoptosis and apoptotic pathways targeted cancer therapeutics

R Jan - Advanced pharmaceutical bulletin, 2019 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Various physiological processes involve appropriate tissue developmental process and
homeostasis-the pathogenesis of several diseases connected with deregulatory apoptosis …

E3 ligase ligand chemistries: from building blocks to protein degraders

I Sosič, A Bricelj, C Steinebach - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs), capable of achieving targeted
protein degradation, have proven their great therapeutic potential and usefulness as …

Apaf-1: Regulation and function in cell death

R Shakeri, A Kheirollahi, J Davoodi - Biochimie, 2017 - Elsevier
Apoptosis, a form of programmed cell death, is responsible for eliminating damaged or
unnecessary cells in multicellular organisms. Various types of intracellular stress trigger …

Targeting IAP proteins for therapeutic intervention in cancer

S Fulda, D Vucic - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2012 - nature.com
Evasion of apoptosis is one of the crucial acquired capabilities used by cancer cells to fend
off anticancer therapies. Inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) proteins exert a range of biological …

Overcoming chemotherapy drug resistance by targeting inhibitors of apoptosis proteins (IAPs)

R Rathore, JE McCallum, E Varghese, AM Florea… - Apoptosis, 2017 - Springer
Inhibitors of apoptosis (IAPs) are a family of proteins that play a significant role in the control
of programmed cell death (PCD). PCD is essential to maintain healthy cell turnover within …

Role of Bcl-2 family proteins and caspases in the regulation of apoptosis

MS Ola, M Nawaz, H Ahsan - Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2011 - Springer
Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, plays a pivotal role in the elimination of unwanted,
damaged, or infected cells in multicellular organisms and also in diverse biological …

Mitochondria-mediated apoptosis in mammals

S **ong, T Mu, G Wang, X Jiang - Protein & cell, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The mitochondria-mediated caspase activation pathway is a major apoptotic pathway
characterized by mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP) and subsequent …