Death by TNF: a road to inflammation

G Van Loo, MJM Bertrand - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) is a central cytokine in inflammatory reactions, and biologics
that neutralize TNF are among the most successful drugs for the treatment of chronic …

NF-κB: at the borders of autoimmunity and inflammation

L Barnabei, E Laplantine, W Mbongo… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The transcription factor NF-κB regulates multiple aspects of innate and adaptive immune
functions and serves as a pivotal mediator of inflammatory response. In the first part of this …

The role of ubiquitination in tumorigenesis and targeted drug discovery

L Deng, T Meng, L Chen, W Wei, P Wang - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Ubiquitination, an important type of protein posttranslational modification (PTM), plays a
crucial role in controlling substrate degradation and subsequently mediates the “quantity” …

E3 ubiquitin ligases: styles, structures and functions

Q Yang, J Zhao, D Chen, Y Wang - Molecular biomedicine, 2021 - Springer
E3 ubiquitin ligases are a large family of enzymes that join in a three-enzyme ubiquitination
cascade together with ubiquitin activating enzyme E1 and ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2 …

Ubiquitination in the regulation of inflammatory cell death and cancer

PE Cockram, M Kist, S Prakash, SH Chen… - Cell Death & …, 2021 - nature.com
The ubiquitin system is complex, multifaceted, and is crucial for the modulation of a vast
number of cellular processes. Ubiquitination is tightly regulated at different levels by a range …

Breaking the chains: deubiquitylating enzyme specificity begets function

MJ Clague, S Urbé, D Komander - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2019 - nature.com
The deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs, also known as deubiquitylases or deubiquitinases)
maintain the dynamic state of the cellular ubiquitome by releasing conjugated ubiquitin from …

Necroptosis molecular mechanisms: Recent findings regarding novel necroptosis regulators

J Seo, YW Nam, S Kim, DB Oh, J Song - Experimental & Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Necroptosis is a form of programmed necrosis that is mediated by various cytokines and
pattern recognition receptors (PRRs). Cells dying by necroptosis show necrotic phenotypes …

Integrin activation by talin, kindlin and mechanical forces

Z Sun, M Costell, R Fässler - Nature cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Integrins are the major family of adhesion molecules that mediate cell adhesion to the
extracellular matrix. They are essential for embryonic development and influence numerous …

ZBP1 and TAK1: master regulators of NLRP3 inflammasome/pyroptosis, apoptosis, and necroptosis (PAN-optosis)

RKS Malireddi, S Kesavardhana… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cell death is central to development, organismal homeostasis, and immune responses. The
cell death field has experienced tremendous progress by delineating the molecular …

Deubiquitylating enzymes and drug discovery: emerging opportunities

JA Harrigan, X Jacq, NM Martin… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2018 - nature.com
More than a decade after a Nobel Prize was awarded for the discovery of the ubiquitin–
proteasome system and clinical approval of proteasome and ubiquitin E3 ligase inhibitors …