Regulated cell death (RCD) in cancer: key pathways and targeted therapies

F Peng, M Liao, R Qin, S Zhu, C Peng, L Fu… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Regulated cell death (RCD), also well-known as programmed cell death (PCD), refers to the
form of cell death that can be regulated by a variety of biomacromolecules, which is …

Statins: a repurposed drug to fight cancer

W Jiang, JW Hu, XR He, WL Jin, XY He - Journal of Experimental & …, 2021 - Springer
As competitive HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR) inhibitors, statins not only reduce cholesterol
and improve cardiovascular risk, but also exhibit pleiotropic effects that are independent of …

Gasdermin E–mediated target cell pyroptosis by CAR T cells triggers cytokine release syndrome

Y Liu, Y Fang, X Chen, Z Wang, X Liang, T Zhang… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Cytokine release syndrome (CRS) counteracts the effectiveness of chimeric antigen receptor
(CAR) T cell therapy in cancer patients, but the mechanism underlying CRS remains …

Caspase-8 induces cleavage of gasdermin D to elicit pyroptosis during Yersinia infection

J Sarhan, BC Liu, HI Muendlein, P Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Cell death and inflammation are intimately linked during Yersinia infection. Pathogenic
Yersinia inhibits the MAP kinase TGFβ-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) via the effector YopJ …

Inflammatory signalling in atrial cardiomyocytes: a novel unifying principle in atrial fibrillation pathophysiology

D Dobrev, J Heijman, R Hiram, N Li… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Inflammation has been implicated in atrial fibrillation (AF), a very common and clinically
significant cardiac rhythm disturbance, but its precise role remains poorly understood. Work …

Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

L Galluzzi, I Vitale, SA Aaronson, JM Abrams… - Cell Death & …, 2018 - nature.com
Over the past decade, the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death (NCCD) has formulated
guidelines for the definition and interpretation of cell death from morphological, biochemical …

An acid-responsive MOF nanomedicine for augmented anti-tumor immunotherapy via a metal ion interference-mediated pyroptotic pathway

Z Feng, G Chen, M Zhong, L Lin, Z Mai, Y Tang… - Biomaterials, 2023 - Elsevier
Pyroptosis is an inflammatory form of programmed cell death (PCD) that is regulated by the
Gasdermin protein family in response to various stimuli, playing a critical role in the …

Foam cells in atherosclerosis: novel insights into its origins, consequences, and molecular mechanisms

Y Gui, H Zheng, RY Cao - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Foam cells play a vital role in the initiation and development of atherosclerosis. This review
aims to summarize the novel insights into the origins, consequences, and molecular …

Mutant BRAF and MEK inhibitors regulate the tumor immune microenvironment via pyroptosis

DA Erkes, W Cai, IM Sanchez, TJ Purwin, C Rogers… - Cancer discovery, 2020 - AACR
Combinations of BRAF inhibitors and MEK inhibitors (BRAFi+ MEKi) are FDA-approved to
treat BRAF V600E/K-mutant melanoma. Efficacy of BRAFi+ MEKi associates with cancer cell …

Plasma membrane changes during programmed cell deaths

Y Zhang, X Chen, C Gueydan, J Han - Cell research, 2018 - nature.com
Ruptured and intact plasma membranes are classically considered as hallmarks of necrotic
and apoptotic cell death, respectively. As such, apoptosis is usually considered a non …