References
- Boyd JM, Gallo GJ, Elangovan B, Houghton AB, Malstrom S, Avery BJ, Ebb RG, Subramanian T, Chittenden T, Lutz RJ, et al. Bik, a novel death-inducing protein shares a distinct sequence motif with bcl-2 family proteins and interacts with viral and cellular survival-promoting proteins. Oncogene 1995;11:1921–8. PMID:7478623.
- Coultas L, Bouillet P, Stanley EG, Brodnicki TC, Adams JM, Strasser A. Proapoptotic bh3-only bcl-2 family member bik/blk/nbk is expressed in hemopoietic and endothelial cells but is redundant for their programmed death. Mol Cell Biol 2004;24:1570–1581. doi:10.1128/MCB.24.4.1570-1581.2004. PMID:14749373.
- Mebratu YA, Schwalm K, Smith KR, Schuyler M, Tesfaigzi Y. Cigarette smoke suppresses bik to cause epithelial cell hyperplasia and mucous cell metaplasia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011;183:1531–8. doi:10.1164/rccm.201011-1930OC. PMID:21317312.
- Harris JF, Aden J, Lyons CR, Tesfaigzi Y. Resolution of lps-induced airway inflammation and goblet cell hyperplasia is independent of il-18. Respir Res 2007;8:24. doi:10.1186/1465-9921-8-24. PMID:17352829.
- Lemjabbar H, Li D, Gallup M, Sidhu S, Drori E, Basbaum C. Tobacco smoke-induced lung cell proliferation mediated by tumor necrosis factor alpha-converting enzyme and amphiregulin. J Biol Chem 2003;278:26202–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.M207018200. PMID:12711607.
- Mebratu YA, Dickey BF, Evans C, Tesfaigzi Y. The bh3-only protein bik/blk/nbk inhibits nuclear translocation of activated erk1/2 to mediate ifngamma-induced cell death. J Cell Biol 2008;183:429–439. doi:10.1083/jcb.200801186. PMID:18981230.
- Mebratu YA, Leyva-Baca I, Wathelet MG, Lacey N, Chand HS, Choi AMK, Tesfaigzi Y. Bik reduces hyperplastic cells by increasing bak and activating dapk1 to juxtapose er and mitochondria. Nat Commun 2017;8:803. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00975-w. PMID:28986568.
- Rong YP, Aromolaran AS, Bultynck G, Zhong F, Li X, McColl K, Matsuyama S, Herlitze S, Roderick HL, Bootman MD, et al. Targeting bcl-2-ip3 receptor interaction to reverse bcl-2's inhibition of apoptotic calcium signals. Mol Cell 2008;31:255–265. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2008.06.014. PMID:18657507.
- Li YM, Wen Y, Zhou BP, Kuo HP, Ding Q, Hung MC. Enhancement of bik antitumor effect by bik mutants. Cancer Res 2003;63:7630–3. PMID:14633680.
- Hur J, Bell DW, Dean KL, Coser KR, Hilario PC, Okimoto RA, Tobey EM, Smith SL, Isselbacher KJ, Shioda T. Regulation of expression of bik proapoptotic protein in human breast cancer cells: P53-dependent induction of bik mrna by fulvestrant and proteasomal degradation of bik protein. Cancer Res 2006;66:10153–61. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-3696. PMID:17047080.