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 …

Exploring the TRAILs less travelled: TRAIL in cancer biology and therapy

S Von Karstedt, A Montinaro, H Walczak - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2017 - nature.com
The discovery that the tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) can
induce apoptosis of cancer cells without causing toxicity in mice has led to the in-depth study …

Historical perspectives on tumor necrosis factor and its superfamily: 25 years later, a golden journey

BB Aggarwal, SC Gupta, JH Kim - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
Although activity that induced tumor regression was observed and termed tumor necrosis
factor (TNF) as early as the 1960s, the true identity of TNF was not clear until 1984, when …

Getting TRAIL back on track for cancer therapy

JV Lemke, S von Karstedt, J Zinngrebe… - Cell Death & …, 2014 - nature.com
Unlike other members of the TNF superfamily, the TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand
(TRAIL, also known as Apo2L) possesses the unique capacity to induce apoptosis …

The TRAIL apoptotic pathway in cancer onset, progression and therapy

RW Johnstone, AJ Frew, MJ Smyth - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2008 - nature.com
Triggering of tumour cell apoptosis is the foundation of many cancer therapies. Death
receptors of the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily have been largely characterized …

Cell death in the developing brain after hypoxia-ischemia

C Thornton, B Leaw, C Mallard, S Nair… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Perinatal insults such as hypoxia–ischemia induces secondary brain injury. In order to
develop the next generation of neuroprotective therapies, we urgently need to understand …

Interactions of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and TNF receptor family members in the mouse and human

C Bossen, K Ingold, A Tardivel, JL Bodmer… - Journal of Biological …, 2006 - ASBMB
Ligands of the tumor necrosis factor superfamily (TNFSF)(4–1BBL, APRIL, BAFF, CD27L,
CD30L, CD40L, EDA1, EDA2, FasL, GITRL, LIGHT, lymphotoxin α, lymphotoxin αβ, OX40L …

Following TRAIL's path in the immune system

C Falschlehner, U Schaefer, H Walczak - Immunology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The members of the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily of cytokines play important
roles in the regulation of various immune‐cell functions. Likewise, induction of cell death by …

TNF superfamily control of tissue remodeling and fibrosis

H Steele, J Cheng, A Willicut, G Dell… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Fibrosis is the result of extracellular matrix protein deposition and remains a leading cause
of death in USA. Despite major advances in recent years, there remains an unmet need to …

Targeting death receptors in cancer with Apo2L/TRAIL

SK Kelley, A Ashkenazi - Current opinion in pharmacology, 2004 - Elsevier
Unlike conventional cancer therapeutics, death receptor ligands trigger tumor cell apoptosis
independently of the p53 tumor suppressor gene, which frequently is inactivated in cancer …