“…Ectopic expression of wild-type DAPK2, constitutively active DAPK2 ( CaM mutant), S299D mutated DAPK2 or DRP-1 in adherent cells (including HEK-293, NIH-3T3, HeLa cells), results in massive membrane blebbing, partial nuclear condensation, cell rounding and partial detachment from the plate within 24 h of transfection (Inbal et al, 2000(Inbal et al, , 2002Isshiki et al, 2012;Kawai et al, 1999;Shani et al, 2001;Shoval et al, 2011), cellular features reminiscent of apoptosis. Hence, early reports -in accordance with the published DAPK1 phenotype -suggested an involvement of DAPK2 in apoptosis.…”