THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF NEURONAL DEATH
Selected Publications:
Troy, C.M., Derossi, S., Prochiantz, A., Greene, L.A. and Shelanski, M.L. (1996). Down-regulation of SOD1 leads to cell death by the NO-peroxynitrite pathway. J. Neurosci. 16: 253-261.
Troy, C.M., Stefanis, L., Prochiantz, A., Greene, L.A. and Shelanski, M.L. (1996). The contrasting roles of ICE-family proteases and interleukin-1ß in apoptosis induced by trophic factor withdrawal and by SOD1 downregulation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93: 5635-5640.
Troy, C.M. Stefanis, L., Greene, L. A., and Shelanski, M. L. (1997) Nedd2 is required for apoptosis following trophic factor withdrawal but not SOD1 down-regulation in sympathetic neurons and PC12 cells. J. Neurosci117:1911-1918.
Troy, C. M., Rabacchi, S. A., Friedman, W. J., Frappier, T. F., Brown, K. and Shelanski, M. L. (2000). "Caspase-2 Mediates Neuronal Cell Death Induced by Beta-Amyloid" J. Neurosci. 20 :1386-1392.
Troy, C. M., Rabacchi, S. A., Xu, Z. Maroney, A. C., Connors, T. J., Shelanski, M. L. and Greene, L. A. (2001) "Beta-amyloid-induced neuronal apoptosis requires JNK activation" J. Neurochem.77 :157-64
Troy, C. M., Rabacchi, S. A., Hohl, J. B., Angelastro, J. M., Greene, L. A. and Shelanski, M. L. (2001) "Death in the balance: Alternative participation of the caspase-2 and caspase-9 pathways in neuronal death induced by NGF-deprivation" J. Neurosci.21:5007-5016
Troy, C. M. "Caspase Specificity in Neuronal Death" (2002)
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