Importance of the role of calcium in programmed cell death: a review |
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Authors: | Gupta P D Pushkala K |
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Affiliation: | Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India. |
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Abstract: | Calcium plays an important role in physiological cell death processes such as terminal differentiation and apoptosis. Cell injury occurs when the intracellular calcium pool is disturbed, which in turn may lead to cell death. Calcium in calcium-dependent enzymes, transglutaminases, various proteases, phosphorylases and kinase, is involved in the process of cell death. Examples of such enzymes involved in cell death, and the role of calcium levels in regulation of these enzymes, are described and discussed. |
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