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Article: Non-apoptotic functions of caspase-3 in nervous tissue reviewed.
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- Pain & Central Nervous System Week
- Article date:
- February 9, 2004
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2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review the non-apoptotic functions of caspase-3 in nervous tissue in a recent issue of the journal Biochemistry - Moscow.
According to research from Russia, "Some enzymes that have been recognized as 'apoptotic' so far may be involved in important cellular processes not necessarily related to cell death in nervous tissue. The activity of caspase-3, an 'apoptotic' enzyme, can be measured in normally functioning neurons. The results reported by several groups point to the possibility that caspases may be involved in nervous tissue function as top enzymes in the regulatory proteolytic cascade."
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