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SUBMITTER: Wang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC61136 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang J J Chun H J HJ Wong W W Spencer D M DM Lenardo M J MJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20011101 24
A role for caspase-10, previously implicated in the autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome, in death receptor signaling has not been directly shown. Here we show that caspase-10 can function independently of caspase-8 in initiating Fas- and tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand-receptor-mediated apoptosis. Moreover, Fas crosslinking in primary human T cells leads to the recruitment and activation of caspase-10. Fluorescent resonance energy transfer analysis indicates that the ...[more]