2001
Requirement of the JIP1 scaffold protein for stress-induced JNK activation
Whitmarsh A, Kuan C, Kennedy N, Kelkar N, Haydar T, Mordes J, Appel M, Rossini A, Jones S, Flavell R, Rakic P, Davis R. Requirement of the JIP1 scaffold protein for stress-induced JNK activation. Genes & Development 2001, 15: 2421-2432. PMID: 11562351, PMCID: PMC312784, DOI: 10.1101/gad.922801.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsJIP1 scaffold proteinSignal transduction pathwaysScaffold proteinTransduction pathwaysMAP kinase signal transduction pathwayJNK activationStress-induced JNK activationKinase signal transduction pathwayC-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signal transduction pathwayExposure of cellsHomologous recombinationEnvironmental stressPrimary hippocampal neuronsC-JunAnoxic stressJIP1ProteinPathwayJNKExcitotoxic stressHippocampal neuronsActivationGenesStressCritical component
1998
Reduced Apoptosis and Cytochrome c–Mediated Caspase Activation in Mice Lacking Caspase 9
Kuida K, Haydar T, Kuan C, Gu Y, Taya C, Karasuyama H, Su M, Rakic P, Flavell R. Reduced Apoptosis and Cytochrome c–Mediated Caspase Activation in Mice Lacking Caspase 9. Cell 1998, 94: 325-337. PMID: 9708735, DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81476-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCritical upstream activatorUpstream activatorCaspase-9Cell death machineryCytochrome cDeath machineryApoptotic stimuliCaspase activationCaspase cascadeDNA fragmentationPrevents activationCytosolic extractsEmbryonic brainCaspasesReduced apoptosisCASP9ApoptosisActivatorCASP3Brain developmentKnockout miceEssential componentCleavageActivationVivo