Apoptosis is a highly regulated and critical homeostatic process in multicellular organisms. Aberrations in this form of programmed cell death have been implicated in several pathological conditions ...
Up to the 1980s, cell death caused by drugs, chemicals, and other pathophysiologies was primarily considered necrosis. This view radically changed with the discovery of apoptosis and its specific ...
Caspase-2, an initiator caspase, plays a critical role in programmed cell death in response to certain cellular stresses. Its activation is facilitated by the PIDDosome, a multi-protein complex that ...