PMID- 12148593 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030130 LR - 20190922 IS - 0271-9142 (Print) IS - 0271-9142 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 4 DP - 2002 Jul TI - A decision between life and death during TNF-alpha-induced signaling. PG - 185-94 AB - Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), a proinflammatory cytokine, exerts its biological activity by signaling via its two receptors, TNF-RI and TNF-RII, and by activating NF-kappaB. NF-kappaB is essential for survival of many cell types; however, TNF-alpha also induces cell death. In this article, both the survival and cell death signaling by TNF-alpha and the role of caspases in turning off NF-kappaB survival signal are reviewed. Furthermore, a role of DAP kinase in TNF-induced apoptosis is discussed. Finally, the molecular basis of the effect of age on TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis in human T cells is reviewed. FAU - Gupta, Sudhir AU - Gupta S AD - Division of Basic and Clinical Immunology, University of California, Irvine 92697, USA. sgupta@uci.edu LA - eng GR - AG-18313/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PT - Review PL - Netherlands TA - J Clin Immunol JT - Journal of clinical immunology JID - 8102137 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor) RN - 0 (Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I) RN - 0 (Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Death-Associated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspases) SB - IM MH - Aging/immunology MH - Antigens, CD/metabolism MH - Apoptosis/*immunology/physiology MH - Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - Caspases/metabolism MH - Cell Survival/*immunology/physiology MH - Death-Associated Protein Kinases MH - Humans MH - Mitochondria/immunology/metabolism MH - Models, Immunological MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/metabolism MH - Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I MH - Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II MH - Signal Transduction MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*metabolism RF - 111 EDAT- 2002/08/01 10:00 MHDA- 2003/01/31 04:00 CRDT- 2002/08/01 10:00 PHST- 2002/08/01 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/01/31 04:00 [medline] PHST- 2002/08/01 10:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1023/a:1016089607548 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Immunol. 2002 Jul;22(4):185-94. doi: 10.1023/a:1016089607548.