Publications by authors named "Steve Kovacevic"

Background: Individuals donating whole blood 13 times in a 2-year period without development of iron deficiency anemia (superdonors) are a self-selected population that is deferred for low hematocrit (Hct) level less frequently than other donors.

Study Design And Methods: Iron metabolism was assessed in 138 superdonors through a questionnaire and measurement of Hct, serum ferritin, serum hepcidin, and serum growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15). Genetic testing for HFE and JAK-2 mutations was also performed.

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Activated caspase-3 is considered an important enzyme in the cell death pathway. To study the specific role of caspase-3 activation in neuronal cells, we generated a stable tetracycline-regulated SK-N-MC neuroblastoma cell line, which expressed a highly efficient self-activating chimeric caspase-3, consisting of the caspase-1 prodomain fused to the caspase-3 catalytic domain. Under expression-inducing conditions, we observed a time-dependent increase of processed caspase-3 by immunostaining for the active form of the enzyme, intracellular caspase-3 enzyme activity, as well as poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) cleavage.

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