Inhibitors | Comment | Organism | Structure |
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benzyloxycarbonyl-IETD-fluoromethylketone | - |
Rattus norvegicus | |
carboxyfluorescein-LETD-fluoromethylketone | - |
Rattus norvegicus |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Rattus norvegicus | - |
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Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
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astrocyte | - |
Rattus norvegicus | - |
fetus | - |
Rattus norvegicus | - |
primary cell | - |
Rattus norvegicus | - |
Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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caspase 8 | - |
Rattus norvegicus |
Organism | Comment | Expression |
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Rattus norvegicus | caspase 8 mRNA is undetectable in neonatal astrocytes | down |
Rattus norvegicus | treatment of neonatal astrocytes with the demethylating agent 5-aza-dC leads to an increase in caspase 8mRNA levels in originally caspase 8-negative neonatal astrocytes | up |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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malfunction | silencing of caspase 8 gene is a key factor controlling the outcome of neonatal astrocytes upon Fas engagement, restoration of caspase 8 expression triggers apoptotic cell death in primary neonatal astrocytes | Rattus norvegicus |
physiological function | activation of caspase 8 is involved in Fas-induced apoptosis in neonatal astrocytes | Rattus norvegicus |