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SUBMITTER: Shen ZJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2847832 | biostudies-other | 2009 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Shen Zhong-Jian ZJ Esnault Stephane S Schinzel Anna A Borner Christoph C Malter James S JS
Nature immunology 20090201 3
The mechanisms by which cytokine signals prevent the activation and mitochondrial targeting of the proapoptotic protein Bax are unclear. Here we show, using primary human eosinophils, that in the absence of the prosurvival cytokines granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and interleukin 5, Bax spontaneously underwent activation and initiated mitochondrial disruption. Inhibition of Bax resulted in less eosinophil apoptosis, even in the absence of cytokines. Granulocyte-macrophage colony ...[more]