Targeting cell death pathways for cancer therapy: recent developments in necroptosis, pyroptosis, ferroptosis, and cuproptosis research

X Tong, R Tang, M Xiao, J Xu, W Wang… - Journal of hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
Many types of human cells self-destruct to maintain biological homeostasis and defend the
body against pathogenic substances. This process, called regulated cell death (RCD), is …

Autophagy, ferroptosis, pyroptosis, and necroptosis in tumor immunotherapy

W Gao, X Wang, Y Zhou, X Wang, Y Yu - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
In recent years, immunotherapy represented by immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has led
to unprecedented breakthroughs in cancer treatment. However, the fact that many tumors …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammation-related pyroptosis, a novel programmed cell death pathway, and its crosstalk with immune therapy in cancer treatment

SK Hsu, CY Li, IL Lin, WJ Syue, YF Chen, KC Cheng… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In recent decades, chemotherapies targeting apoptosis have emerged and demonstrated
remarkable achievements. However, emerging evidence has shown that chemoresistance is …

PD-L1-mediated gasdermin C expression switches apoptosis to pyroptosis in cancer cells and facilitates tumour necrosis

J Hou, R Zhao, W Xia, CW Chang, Y You, JM Hsu… - Nature cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Although pyroptosis is critical for macrophages against pathogen infection, its role and
mechanism in cancer cells remains unclear. PD-L1 has been detected in the nucleus, with …

The caspase-3/GSDME signal pathway as a switch between apoptosis and pyroptosis in cancer

M Jiang, L Qi, L Li, Y Li - Cell death discovery, 2020 - nature.com
Apoptosis has long been recognized as a mechanism that kills the cancer cells by cytotoxic
drugs. In recent years, studies have proved that pyroptosis can also shrink tumors and inhibit …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms and functions of pyroptosis in inflammation and antitumor immunity

J Hou, JM Hsu, MC Hung - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
Canonically, gasdermin D (GSDMD) cleavage by caspase-1 through inflammasome
signaling triggers immune cell pyroptosis (ICP) as a host defense against pathogen …

Pyroptosis at the forefront of anticancer immunity

R Loveless, R Bloomquist, Y Teng - Journal of Experimental & Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
Tumor resistance to apoptosis and the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment are two
major contributors to poor therapeutic responses during cancer intervention. Pyroptosis, a …