[Since it has been previously demonstrated that HIV-1 Tat protein up-regulates the expression of TRAIL in monocytic cells whereas tat-expressing lymphoid cells are more resistant to TRAIL cytotoxicity, we next investigated the effect of Tat on the expression/activity of both apical caspase-8 and -10, which play a key role in mediating the initial phases of apoptosis by TRAIL, and c-FLIP.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE