Acts as a negative mediator of apoptosis and may play a role in tumor progression. Suppresses the TNF-mediated apoptosis by inhibiting caspase-8 activity but not the processing of procaspase-8, subsequently resulting in inhibition of BID cleavage and caspase-3 activation.
Vascular endothelial genes that are responsive to tumor necrosis factor-alpha in vitro are expressed in atherosclerotic lesions, including inhibitor of apoptosis protein-1, stannin, and two novel genes.Horrevoets A.J.G., Fontijn R.D., van Zonneveld A.J., de Vries C.J.M., ten Cate J.W., Pannekoek H.Blood 93:3418-3431(1999)
Research Topic:Apoptosis