Role of pyroptosis in inflammation and cancer

X Wei, F Xie, X Zhou, Y Wu, H Yan, T Liu… - Cellular & molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Pyroptosis is a form of programmed cell death mediated by gasdermin and is a product of
continuous cell expansion until the cytomembrane ruptures, resulting in the release of …

Synovial inflammation in osteoarthritis progression

E Sanchez-Lopez, R Coras, A Torres… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a progressive degenerative disease resulting in joint deterioration.
Synovial inflammation is present in the OA joint and has been associated with radiographic …

NLRP3 inflammasome activation and cell death

Y Huang, W Xu, R Zhou - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2021 - nature.com
The NLRP3 inflammasome is a cytosolic multiprotein complex composed of the innate
immune receptor protein NLRP3, adapter protein ASC, and inflammatory protease caspase …

Bioactive inorganic nanomaterials for cancer theranostics

Z Pei, H Lei, L Cheng - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioactive materials are a special class of biomaterials that can react in vivo to induce a
biological response or regulate biological functions, thus achieving a better curative effect …

Pyroptosis: mechanisms and diseases

P Yu, X Zhang, N Liu, L Tang, C Peng… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Currently, pyroptosis has received more and more attention because of its association with
innate immunity and disease. The research scope of pyroptosis has expanded with the …

Channelling inflammation: gasdermins in physiology and disease

X Liu, S Xia, Z Zhang, H Wu, J Lieberman - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Gasdermins were recently identified as the mediators of pyroptosis—inflammatory cell death
triggered by cytosolic sensing of invasive infection and danger signals. Upon activation …

Organometallic anti-tumor agents: targeting from biomolecules to dynamic bioprocesses

K Peng, Y Zheng, W Xia, ZW Mao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The great clinical success of cisplatin and its derivatives has convinced people that metal
complexes could play a more significant role in human cancer therapy. However, targeting …

GSDME-mediated pyroptosis promotes the progression and associated inflammation of atherosclerosis

Y Wei, B Lan, T Zheng, L Yang, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pyroptosis, a type of Gasdermin-mediated cell death, contributes to an exacerbation of
inflammation. To test the hypothesis that GSDME-mediated pyroptosis aggravates the …

Structural mechanisms for regulation of GSDMB pore-forming activity

X Zhong, H Zeng, Z Zhou, Y Su, H Cheng, Y Hou… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Cytotoxic lymphocyte-derived granzyme A (GZMA) cleaves GSDMB, a gasdermin-family
pore-forming protein,, to trigger target cell pyroptosis. GSDMB and the charter gasdermin …

Programmed cell death tunes tumor immunity

J Liu, M Hong, Y Li, D Chen, Y Wu, Y Hu - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The demise of cells in various ways enables the body to clear unwanted cells. Studies over
the years revealed distinctive molecular mechanisms and functional consequences of …