NINJ1 mediates plasma membrane rupture during lytic cell death

N Kayagaki, OS Kornfeld, BL Lee, IB Stowe… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Plasma membrane rupture (PMR) is the final cataclysmic event in lytic cell death. PMR
releases intracellular molecules known as damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) …

Role of pyroptosis in atherosclerosis and its therapeutic implications

B He, Q Nie, F Wang, Y Han, B Yang… - Journal of cellular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Atherosclerosis is a significant cardiovascular burden and a leading cause of death
worldwide, recognized as a chronic sterile inflammatory disease. Pyroptosis is a novel …

Mechanisms and consequences of noncanonical inflammasome-mediated pyroptosis

SS Wright, SO Vasudevan, VA Rathinam - Journal of molecular biology, 2022 - Elsevier
The noncanonical inflammasome, comprising inflammatory caspases 4, 5, or 11, monitors
the cytosol for bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Intracellular LPS-elicited autoproteolysis …

Glycine inhibits NINJ1 membrane clustering to suppress plasma membrane rupture in cell death

JP Borges, RSR Sætra, A Volchuk, M Bugge, P Devant… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
First recognized more than 30 years ago, glycine protects cells against rupture from diverse
types of injury. This robust and widely observed effect has been speculated to target a late …

Biomimetic Nanocomposites Camouflaged with Hybrid Cell Membranes for Accurate Therapy of Early‐Stage Glioma

S Chi, L Zhang, H Cheng, Y Chang, Y Zhao… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Glioma features high fatality rate and short survival time of patients due to its fast growth
speed and high invasiveness, hence timely treatment of early‐stage glioma is extremely …

[HTML][HTML] The Ninj1/Dusp1 axis contributes to liver ischemia reperfusion injury by regulating macrophage activation and neutrophil infiltration

Y Hu, F Zhan, Y Wang, D Wang, H Lu, C Wu… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Liver ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury represents a major risk factor in
both partial hepatectomy and liver transplantation. Nerve injury–induced protein 1 (Ninj1) is …

Ferredoxin 1 is essential for embryonic development and lipid homeostasis

S Mohibi, Y Zhang, V Perng, M Chen, J Zhang, X Chen - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Abstract Mammalian ferredoxin 1 and 2 (FDX1/2) belong to an evolutionary conserved
family of iron-sulfur cluster containing proteins and act as electron shutters between …

Ferredoxin reductase and p53 are necessary for lipid homeostasis and tumor suppression through the ABCA1–SREBP pathway

Y Zhang, S Mohibi, DM Vasilatis, M Chen, J Zhang… - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract p53 is known to modulate metabolism and FDXR is required for steroidogenesis.
Given that FDXR is a target/regulator of p53, the FDXR–p53 axis may play a unique role in …

Ninjurin1 drives lung tumor formation and progression by potentiating Wnt/β-Catenin signaling through Frizzled2-LRP6 assembly

SY Hyun, HY Min, HJ Lee, J Cho, HJ Boo… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Springer
Background Cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) play a pivotal role in lung tumor formation and
progression. Nerve injury-induced protein 1 (Ninjurin1, Ninj1) has been implicated in lung …

NINJ1: A new player in multiple sclerosis pathogenesis and potential therapeutic target

Y Xu, E Zhang, L Wei, Z Dai, S Chen, S Zhou… - International …, 2024 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system
(CNS) characterized by demyelination. Current treatment options for MS focus on …