... regulation of caspases. Takentogether, these results indicate that VBARP is a novel splice variant of ANKHD1 and may play a role in cellular apoptosis (antiapoptotic) and cell survival pathway(s).AbbreviationsANK, ... characterization of a novel splice variant of ANKHD1 that lacks the KH domain and its role in cell survival and apoptosis Melissa C. Miles1, Michelle L. Janket1, Elizabeth D. A. Wheeler1, Ansuman ... blast searches of VBARP revealed that thisprotein has homology to human ankyrin repeat and KH domain containing 1 (ANKHD1) variants, and toan unknown protein named PP2500 [7,8]. AlthoughANKHD1...