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SUBMITTER: Yan J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3586589 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yan Jie J Xiang Jialing J Lin Yutin Y Ma Jingui J Zhang Jiyan J Zhang Hao H Sun Jisheng J Danial Nika N NN Liu Jing J Lin Anning A
Cell 20130101 1-2
The IκB kinase complex (IKK) is a key regulator of immune responses, inflammation, cell survival, and tumorigenesis. The prosurvival function of IKK centers on activation of the transcription factor NF-κB, whose target gene products inhibit caspases and prevent prolonged JNK activation. Here, we report that inactivation of the BH3-only protein BAD by IKK independently of NF-κB activation suppresses TNFα-induced apoptosis. TNFα-treated Ikkβ(-/-) mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) undergo apoptosi ...[more]