Gasdermins and pyroptosis in the kidney

EE Elias, B Lyons, DA Muruve - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2023 - nature.com
Pyroptosis is a form of regulated cell death that is mediated by the membrane-targeting, pore-
forming gasdermin family of proteins. Pyroptosis was initially described as a caspase 1-and …

Balance cell apoptosis and pyroptosis of caspase-3-activating chemotherapy for better antitumor therapy

L Li, S Wang, W Zhou - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Chemotherapy has been widely used in clinic to treat various types of
tumors, although severe side effects have been the most critical limitation of this treatment …

Gasdermin-E mediates mitochondrial damage in axons and neurodegeneration

DV Neel, H Basu, G Gunner, MD Bergstresser… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Mitochondrial dysfunction and axon loss are hallmarks of neurologic diseases. Gasdermin
(GSDM) proteins are executioner pore-forming molecules that mediate cell death, yet their …

Ketone body β-hydroxybutyrate ameliorates colitis by promoting M2 macrophage polarization through the STAT6-dependent signaling pathway

C Huang, J Wang, H Liu, R Huang, X Yan, M Song… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background Ketone body β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) has received more and more attentions,
because it possesses a lot of beneficial, life-preserving effects in the fields of clinical science …

Emerging mechanisms of pyroptosis and its therapeutic strategy in cancer

L Lu, Y Zhang, X Tan, Y Merkher, S Leonov, L Zhu… - Cell death …, 2022 - nature.com
Pyroptosis, a type of inflammatory programmed cell death, is triggered by caspase cleavage
of gasdermin family proteins. Based on accumulating evidence, pyroptosis is closely …

Pyroptosis-induced inflammation and tissue damage

SO Vasudevan, B Behl, VA Rathinam - Seminars in immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Pyroptosis is a programmed necrotic cell death executed by gasdermins, a family of pore-
forming proteins. The cleavage of gasdermins by specific proteases enables their pore …

The gasdermin protein family: emerging roles in gastrointestinal health and disease

G Privitera, N Rana, A Armuzzi… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Since the identification and characterization of gasdermin (GSDM) D as the main effector of
inflammatory regulated cell death (or pyroptosis), literature on the GSDM family of pore …

Pyroptosis-mediated periodontal disease

MB Sordi, RS Magini, L Panahipour… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pyroptosis is a caspase-dependent process relevant to the understanding of beneficial host
responses and medical conditions for which inflammation is central to the pathophysiology …

Radiosensitivity of colorectal cancer and radiation-induced gut damages are regulated by gasdermin E

G Tan, C Lin, C Huang, B Chen, J Chen, Y Shi, F Zhi - Cancer letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Although radiotherapy is an important clinical option available for colorectal cancer (CRC),
its use is restricted due to low radiosensitivity of CRC and high toxicity to surrounding normal …

The enigmatic roles of epithelial gasdermin B: Recent discoveries and controversies

AI Ivanov, N Rana, G Privitera, TT Pizarro - Trends in cell biology, 2023 - cell.com
Gasdermin B (GSDMB) belongs to a family of structurally related proteins [(ie, gasdermins
(GSDMs)]. It distinguishes itself from other members by the lack of autoinhibition but clear …