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Abstract
The commitment to programmed cell death involves complex interactions among pro- and antiapoptotic members of the Bcl-2 family of proteins. The physiological result of a decision by these proteins to undergo cell death is permeabilization of the mitochondrial outer membrane. Pharmacologic manipulation of proteins in this family appears both feasible and efficacious, whether the goal is decreased cell death, as in ischemia of the myocardium or brain, or increased cell death, as in cancer.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16200198 PMCID: PMC1236690 DOI: 10.1172/JCI26250
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Invest ISSN: 0021-9738 Impact factor: 14.808