Mitochondrial origins of fractional control in regulated cell death

Phenotypic cell-to-cell variability contributes to fractional killing, but the mechanisms are incompletely understood. Here the authors show that mitochondrial density correlates with cell survival in response to TRAIL, and that variable effective concentrations of Bax/Bak contribute to the effect.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luís C. Santos, Robert Vogel, Jerry E. Chipuk, Marc R. Birtwistle, Gustavo Stolovitzky, Pablo Meyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09275-x