Taken together, a rate-limiting role of the BCL2 protein network in involution appears plausible, either as direct activator of mitochondrial apoptosis and/or as a modulator of LMP activity, as ...
Post-lactational involution of the mammary gland is initiated within days of weaning. Clearing of cells occurs by apoptosis of the milk-secreting luminal cells in the alveoli and through stromal ...