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SUBMITTER: Lu M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4284148 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lu Min M Lawrence David A DA Marsters Scot S Acosta-Alvear Diego D Kimmig Philipp P Mendez Aaron S AS Paton Adrienne W AW Paton James C JC Walter Peter P Ashkenazi Avi A
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20140701 6192
Protein folding by the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is physiologically critical; its disruption causes ER stress and augments disease. ER stress activates the unfolded protein response (UPR) to restore homeostasis. If stress persists, the UPR induces apoptotic cell death, but the mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we report that unmitigated ER stress promoted apoptosis through cell-autonomous, UPR-controlled activation of death receptor 5 (DR5). ER stressors induced DR5 transcription via the UPR med ...[more]