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Apoptosis
Studies advance knowledge in apoptosis research
March 24th, 2006
Apoptosis research advances have been reported from the United States, Taiwan and Australia. Study 1: According to recent research from the United States, bile duct ligation (BDL) exerts antiapoptotic effects. "Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor- and Fas-mediated apoptosis are major death processes of hepatocytes in liver disease. Although antiapoptotic effects in the injured liver promote chronic hepatitis and carcinogenesis, scant information is known about these mechanisms." "To explore this issue," wrote Y. Osawa and colleagues, Columbia University, "we compared acute liver injury after TNF-alpha or anti-Fas antibody (Jo2)...
Source: Drug Week (2006-03-24)
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