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Apoptosis is a pathway of cell death orchestrated by a family of proteases called caspases. Boc-D-fmk inhibits TNFα-stimulated reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. Boc-D-FMK inhibits apoptosis stimulated by TNF-α with an IC ₅₀ of 39 µM. BocD-fmk at 50 µM prevents genistein-induced apoptosis of p815 cells. Confocal microscopy shows that the release of mitochondrial apoptotic factors is inhibited by BocD-fmk.

Boc-D-FMK-fmk effectively attenuates the hepatocyte apoptosis in bile duct-ligated rats and may improve the survival rates after endotoxin challenge. A single injection of Boc-D-FMK results in longterm protection of MNs against root avulsion-induced death for more than 8 weeks and the Boc-D-FMK-treated MNs are able to regenerate their axons into an implanted PN graft and reinnervate the target muscle.