Regulation of apoptotic signal transduction pathways by the heat shock proteins

Sci China C Life Sci. 2004 Apr;47(2):107-14. doi: 10.1360/02yc0263.

Abstract

The study about apoptotic signal transductions has become a project to reveal the molecular mechanisms of apoptosis. Heat shock proteins (hsps), which play an important role in cell growth and apoptosis, have attracted great attentions. A lot of researches have showed there is a hsps superfamily including hsp90, hsp70, hsp60 and hsp27, etc., which regulates the biological behaviors of cells, particularly apoptotic signal transduction in Fas pathway, JNK/SAPK pathway and caspases pathway at different levels, partly by the function of molecular chaperone.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Apoptosis / physiology*
  • Caspases / metabolism
  • Heat-Shock Proteins / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Models, Biological
  • Molecular Chaperones / physiology
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*

Substances

  • Heat-Shock Proteins
  • Molecular Chaperones
  • Caspases