Caspase: Cysteine-containing aspartic acid-specific proteases involved in the execution phase of apoptosis. Fas/Fas ligand system is one activator of caspase-dependent apoptotic cell death.
Caspases Cysteine proteases that participate in the proteolytic cascade in apoptosis.
Catabolism The set of metabolic reactions that transform fuels into cellular energy.
There also exists a caspase-independent apoptotic pathway that is mediated by AIF (apoptosis-inducing factor). For more information, see the article of the author Susin in Nature of 1999 and also reference 21 mentioned below.
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... Death Pathway and Cardiac Myocyte Apoptosis - Circulation Research, 2004. ... Caspases signal not only apoptosis but also antigen-induced activation in cells ...
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It can also be a cell's response to DNA damage and virus infection. Characteristics of apoptosis include activation of a Caspase pathway, digestion of structural proteins, degradation of chromosomal DNA, and phagocytosis of the cell.
 See also: Apoptosis, Cells, Membrane, Cell, Protein
  
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