...W. Douglas Fairlie; Erinna F. Lee The deregulation of apoptosis is a key contributor to tumourigenesis as it can lead to the unwanted survival of rogue cells. Drugs known as the BH3-mimetics targeting the pro-survival members of the BCL-2 protein family to induce apoptosis in cancer cells have...

...Erinna F. Lee; W. Douglas Fairlie The discovery of a new class of small molecule compounds that target the BCL-2 family of anti-apoptotic proteins is one of the great success stories of basic science leading to translational outcomes in the last 30 years. The eponymous BCL-2 protein was identified...

... autophagic, or type II) that is characterized by the massive accumulation of autophagosomes. Regulators of apoptosis (e.g. Bcl-2 family members) also modulate autophagy, suggesting an intimate cross-talk between these two degradative pathways. It is still unclear whether autophagic vacuolization has...

... by highlighting the role of miRNAs in controlling the expression of Bcl-2 [ 24 , 27 ], as well as illuminating critical factors in forming appropriate CLL-promoting microenvironments to enhance cell survival. Therefore each of these novel systems provides a powerful tool to investigate individual aspects...

...Y. Lao; D.C. Chang Recently, it was found that Bcl-2 family proteins can affect the apoptotic process by modifying Ca 2+ released from the ER (endoplasmic reticulum). In this review, we summarize the evidence that Bcl-2 and Bax can modulate Ca 2+ mobilization from the ER to the cytosol...

... Society Focused Meeting held at New Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Little France, Nr. Edinburgh, 19–20 November 2003 25 November 2003 © 2004 Biochemical Society 2004 apoptosis Bcl-2 caspase 8 death receptor lipid raft inflammation neutrophil Abbreviations used: DISC...

...S.W. Edwards; M. Derouet; M. Howse; R.J. Moots Neutrophils rapidly undergo spontaneous apoptosis, but this process can be considerably delayed by exposure to a variety of agents such as pro-inflammatory cytokines. The anti-apoptotic protein of the Bcl-2 family, Mcl-1, plays a key role...

... protein kinase B (also known as c-akt), has been demonstrated to be important in modulating the prosurvival effects of PI3K activation. This can occur through modulation of the expression or phosphorylation of members of the Bcl-2 (B-cell lymphocytic-leukaemia proto-oncogene 2) family of apoptosis...

...C.W. Distelhorst; H.L. Roderick In this review we speculate that the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 may regulate calcium signals involved in mediating cell death. Evidence that Ins(1,4,5) P 3 -mediated calcium release from the endoplasmic reticulum triggers apoptosis in response to diverse signals...