Publications

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Cleavage of human inhibitor of apoptosis protein XIAP results in fragments with distinct specificities for caspases. EMBO J. 18: 5242-5251. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emboj/18.19.5242 PMid:10508158 PMCid:1171595   Fu WN, Bertoni F, Kelsey SM, McElwaine SM, et al. (2003). Role of DNA methylation in the suppression of Apaf-1 protein in human leukaemia. Oncogene 22: 451-455. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1206147 PMid:12545166   Furukawa Y, Sutheesophon K, Wada T, Nishimura M, et al. (2005). Methylation silencing of the Apaf-1 gene in acute leukemia. Mol. Cancer Res. 3: 325-334. http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-04-0105 PMid:15972851   Hanahan D and Weinberg RA (2000). The hallmarks of cancer. Cell 100: 57-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81683-9   Hinz S, Kempkensteffen C, Weikert S, Schostak M, et al. (2007). EZH2 polycomb transcriptional repressor expression correlates with methylation of the APAF-1 gene in superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. 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Cell 101: 389-399. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80849-1   Li M, Song T, Yin ZF and Na YQ (2007). XIAP as a prognostic marker of early recurrence of nonmuscular invasive bladder cancer. Chin. Med. J. 120: 469-473.   Li P, Nijhawan D, Budihardjo I, Srinivasula SM, et al. (1997). Cytochrome c and dATP-dependent formation of Apaf-1/ caspase-9 complex initiates an apoptotic protease cascade. Cell 91: 479-489. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80434-1   Liu X, Kim CN, Yang J, Jemmerson R, et al. (1996). Induction of apoptotic program in cell-free extracts: requirement for dATP and cytochrome c. Cell 86: 147-157. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80085-9   Nakanishi K, Tominaga S, Kawai T, Torikata C, et al. (1998). Expression of bcl-2 oncoprotein in transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract. Virchows Arch. 432: 445-450. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004280050189 PMid:9645444   Newmeyer DD, Farschon DM and Reed JC (1994). Cell-free apoptosis in Xenopus egg extracts: inhibition by Bcl-2 and requirement for an organelle fraction enriched in mitochondria. Cell 79: 353-364. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0092-8674(94)90203-8   Ohl F, Jung M, Radonic A, Sachs M, et al. (2006). Identification and validation of suitable endogenous reference genes for gene expression studies of human bladder cancer. J. Urol. 175: 1915-1920. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5347(05)00919-5   Ow YP, Green DR, Hao Z and Mak TW (2008). Cytochrome c: functions beyond respiration. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 9: 532-542. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrm2434 PMid:18568041   Parkin DM, Bray F, Ferlay J and Pisani P (2001a). Estimating the world cancer burden: Globocan 2000. Int. J. Cancer 94: 153-156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.1440 PMid:11668491   Parkin DM, Bray FI and Devesa SS (2001b). Cancer burden in the year 2000. The global picture. Eur. J. Cancer 37 (Suppl 8): S4-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0959-8049(01)00267-2   Parton M, Krajewski S, Smith I, Krajewska M, et al. (2002). Coordinate expression of apoptosis-associated proteins in human breast cancer before and during chemotherapy. Clin. Cancer Res. 8: 2100-2108. PMid:12114409   Pashos CL, Botteman MF, Laskin BL and Redaelli A (2002). Bladder cancer: epidemiology, diagnosis, and management. Cancer Pract. 10: 311-322. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-5394.2002.106011.x PMid:12406054   Raff M (1998). Cell suicide for beginners. Nature 396: 119-122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/24055 PMid:9823889   Reed JC, Miyashita T, Takayama S, Wang HG, et al. (1996). BCL-2 family proteins: regulators of cell death involved in the pathogenesis of cancer and resistance to therapy. J. Cell Biochem. 60: 23-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19960101)60:1<23::AID-JCB5>3.0.CO;2-5   Riedl SJ and Shi Y (2004). Molecular mechanisms of caspase regulation during apoptosis. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 5: 897-907. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrm1496 PMid:15520809   Salvesen GS and Duckett CS (2002). IAP proteins: blocking the road to death's door. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 3: 401-410. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrm830 PMid:12042762   Shi Y (2002). Mechanisms of caspase activation and inhibition during apoptosis. Mol. Cell 9: 459-470. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1097-2765(02)00482-3   Shiina H, Igawa M, Urakami S, Honda S, et al. (1996). Immunohistochemical analysis of bcl-2 expression in transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. J. Clin. Pathol. 49: 395-399. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jcp.49.5.395 PMid:8707954 PMCid:500479   Soengas MS, Capodieci P, Polsky D, Mora J, et al. (2001). Inactivation of the apoptosis effector Apaf-1 in malignant melanoma. Nature 409: 207-211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/35051606 PMid:11196646   Strasser A, Harris AW, Bath ML and Cory S (1990). Novel primitive lymphoid tumours induced in transgenic mice by cooperation between myc and bcl-2. Nature 348: 331-333. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/348331a0 PMid:2250704   Takeuchi H, Kim J, Fujimoto A, Umetani N, et al. (2005). X-Linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein expression level in colorectal cancer is regulated by hepatocyte growth factor/C-met pathway via Akt signaling. Clin. Cancer Res. 11: 7621-7628. http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-05-0479 PMid:16278380   Zhivotovsky B, Orrenius S, Brustugun OT and Doskeland SO (1998). Injected cytochrome c induces apoptosis. Nature 391: 449-450. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/35060 PMid:9461210   Zou H, Henzel WJ, Liu X, Lutschg A, et al. (1997). Apaf-1, a human protein homologous to C. elegans CED-4, participates in cytochrome c-dependent activation of caspase-3. Cell 90: 405-413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80501-2