The prevalence of TNFα-induced necrosis over apoptosis is determined by TAK1-RIP1 interplay.

Death receptor-induced programmed necrosis is regarded as a secondary death mechanism dominating only in cells that cannot properly induce caspase-dependent apoptosis. Here, we show that in cells lacking TGFβ-activated Kinase-1 (TAK1) expression, catalytically active Receptor Interacting Protein 1 (...

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Main Authors: Seda Çöl Arslan, Claus Scheidereit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3189922?pdf=render