caspase

(redirected from Procaspases)
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical.

caspase

[′kas‚pās]
(cell and molecular biology)
Any of a family of intracellular proteins that mediate apoptosis.
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
Abundant expression of Dec1/stra13/sharp2 in colon carcinoma: its antagonizing role in serum deprivation-induced apoptosis and selective inhibition of procaspase activation.
Identification of gene markers for formaldehyde exposure in humans
101-115) Heat shock protein 7 inhibits apoptosis by binding directly to Apaf-1 and blocking the assembly of the apoptosome composed of cytochrome c, procaspase 9, adenosine triphosphate, and Apaf-1.
The postgenomic era: implications for the clinical laboratory. (Advances in the Science of Pathology)
IFN can also induce the synthesis of gene products that arrest the cell cycle such as p21 and thus block virus replication, or induce a pro-apoptotic state such as procaspases.
Xanthohumol enhances antiviral effect of interferon [alpha]-2b against bovine viral diarrhea virus, a surrogate of hepatitis C virus

Encyclopedia browser ?
Full browser ?