Harnessing TRAIL-induced cell death for cancer therapy: a long walk with thrilling discoveries

A Montinaro, H Walczak - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2023 - nature.com
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL) can induce apoptosis
in a wide variety of cancer cells, both in vitro and in vivo, importantly without killing any …

Structural principles of tumor necrosis factor superfamily signaling

ÉS Vanamee, DL Faustman - Science signaling, 2018 - science.org
The tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ligand and receptor superfamilies play an important role in
cell proliferation, survival, and death. Stimulating or inhibiting TNF superfamily signaling …

TNFα and the TNF receptor superfamily: Structure‐function relationship (s)

HT Idriss, JH Naismith - Microscopy research and technique, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Tumour Necrosis Factor α (TNFα), is an inflammatory cytokine produced by
macrophages/monocytes during acute inflammation and is responsible for a diverse range …

Onto better TRAILs for cancer treatment

D de Miguel, J Lemke, A Anel, H Walczak… - Cell Death & …, 2016 - nature.com
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), also known as Apo-
2 ligand (Apo2L), is a member of the TNF cytokine superfamily. By cross-linking TRAIL …

The methionine-aromatic motif plays a unique role in stabilizing protein structure

CC Valley, A Cembran, JD Perlmutter, AK Lewis… - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
Of the 20 amino acids, the precise function of methionine (Met) remains among the least well
understood. To establish a determining characteristic of methionine that fundamentally …

New insights into apoptosis signaling by Apo2L/TRAIL

F Gonzalvez, A Ashkenazi - Oncogene, 2010 - nature.com
Apoptosis ligand 2 tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand
(Apo2L/TRAIL) belongs to a small subset of proapoptotic protein ligands in the TNF …

Triggering cell death: the crystal structure of Apo2L/TRAIL in a complex with death receptor 5

SG Hymowitz, HW Christinger, G Fuh, M Ultsch… - Molecular cell, 1999 - cell.com
Formation of a complex between Apo2L (also called TRAIL) and its signaling receptors, DR4
and DR5, triggers apoptosis by inducing the oligomerization of intracellular death domains …

Ligands working as receptors: reverse signaling by members of the TNF superfamily enhance the plasticity of the immune system

G Eissner, W Kolch, P Scheurich - Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
The inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor (TNF), as well as most other ligand
members of the TNF superfamily, exist both as classical soluble cytokines, but also in the …

Principles of antibody-mediated TNF receptor activation

H Wajant - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2015 - nature.com
From the beginning of research on receptors of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor
superfamily (TNFRSF), agonistic antibodies have been used to stimulate TNFRSF receptors …

Temperature-sensitive differential affinity of TRAIL for its receptors: DR5 is the highest affinity receptor

A Truneh, S Sharma, C Silverman, S Khandekar… - Journal of Biological …, 2000 - ASBMB
TRAIL is a member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family of cytokines which induces
apoptotic cell death in a variety of tumor cell lines. It mediates its apoptotic effects through …