Interfering with apoptosis: Ca2+-binding protein ALG-2 and Alzheimer's disease gene ALG-3

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作者
Vito, P [1 ]
Lacana, E [1 ]
DAdamio, L [1 ]
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[1] NIAID,CELLULAR & MOLEC IMMUNOL LAB,T CELL MOLEC BIOL UNIT,BETHESDA,MD 20892
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10.1126/science.271.5248.521
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Two apoptosis-linked genes, named ALG-2 and ALG-3, were identified by means of a functional selection strategy. ALG-2 codes for a Ca2+-binding protein required for T cell receptor-, Fas-, and glucocorticoid-induced cell death. ALG-3, a partial complementary DNA that is homologous to the familial Alzheimer's disease gene STM2, rescues a T cell hybridoma from T cell receptor- and Fas-induced apoptosis. These findings suggest that ALG-2 may mediate Ca2+-regulated signals along the death pathway and that cell death may play a role in Alzheimer's disease.
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