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• Programmed cell death in mature erythrocytes: a model for investigating death effector pathways operating in the absence of mitochondria.

  Bratosin D, Estaquier J, Petit F, Arnoult D, Quatannens B, Tissier JP, Slomianny C, Sartiaux C, Alonso C, Huart JJ, Montreuil J, Ameisen JC. Bratosin D, et al. Cell Death Differ. 2001 Dec;8(12):1143-56. doi: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400946. Cell Death Differ. 2001. PMID: 11753563
• Human mature red blood cells express caspase-3 and caspase-8, but are devoid of mitochondrial regulators of apoptosis.

  Berg CP, Engels IH, Rothbart A, Lauber K, Renz A, Schlosser SF, Schulze-Osthoff K, Wesselborg S. Berg CP, et al. Cell Death Differ. 2001 Dec;8(12):1197-206. doi: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400905. Cell Death Differ. 2001. PMID: 11753567