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What is its role?
what is the role of thrombospondin in apoptosis?
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It basically inhibits angiogenesis by Inhibiting one of the cd markers on the endothelial cells (cd30-something)... This leads to the activation of the FAS ligand, which binds to the FAS receptor in the cells. This activates the caspases, and we all know what happens after that
