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The Role of ORF3a protein in apoptosis of host cells: Other Molecules of Mitochondrion-dependent Apoptosis

Cytochrome C, t-Bid, and cleaved/activated caspase-9 were observed in cells with expressed ORF3a and that if an inhibitor was used that inhibited the function of either caspase-8 or caspase-9, there was a drastic reduction in apoptosis of cells with the ORF3a protein. This further cements the proposition that ORF3a plays a role in triggering the extrinsic apoptotic pathway as well as the mechanism that links the death receptor signaling and mitochondrion-dependent apoptosis.

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Updated 2020-08-18

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