Diversity and complexity of cell death: a historical review

W Park, S Wei, BS Kim, B Kim, SJ Bae… - … & molecular medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Death is the inevitable fate of all living organisms, whether at the individual or cellular level.
For a long time, cell death was believed to be an undesirable but unavoidable final outcome …

The copper age in cancer treatment: from copper metabolism to cuproptosis

W Xie, Z Guo, L Zhao, Y Wei - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Because of their intrinsic physiochemical and biological properties together with essential
role in living organism, copper (Cu) and Cu-based nanomaterials have garnered …

[HTML][HTML] Deadly excess copper

J Sailer, J Nagel, B Akdogan, AT Jauch, J Engler… - Redox biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Higher eukaryotes' life is impossible without copper redox activity and, literally, every breath
we take biochemically demonstrates this. However, this dependence comes at a …

FDX1 regulates cellular protein lipoylation through direct binding to LIAS

MB Dreishpoon, NR Bick, B Petrova, DM Warui… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
Ferredoxins are a family of iron–sulfur (Fe-S) cluster proteins that serve as essential electron
donors in numerous cellular processes that are conserved through evolution. The …

Dissecting copper biology and cancer treatment:'Activating Cuproptosis or suppressing Cuproplasia'

Y Yang, M Li, G Chen, S Liu, H Guo, X Dong… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Copper, an essential micronutrient, controls multiple fundamental processes throughout all
forms of life, such as respiration, cell proliferation and neurotransmitter biosynthesis. High …

Targeting cuproplasia and cuproptosis in cancer

D Tang, G Kroemer, R Kang - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2024 - nature.com
Copper, an essential trace element that exists in oxidized and reduced forms, has pivotal
roles in a variety of biological processes, including redox chemistry, enzymatic reactions …

Mammalian copper homeostasis: Physiological roles and molecular mechanisms

S Lutsenko, S Roy, P Tsvetkov - Physiological reviews, 2025 - journals.physiology.org
In the past decade, evidence for the numerous roles of copper (Cu) in mammalian
physiology has grown exponentially. The discoveries of Cu involvement in cell signaling …

Copper homeostasis and cuproptosis in cancer immunity and therapy

WQ Liu, WR Lin, L Yan, WH Xu… - Immunological Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Copper is an essential nutrient for maintaining enzyme activity and transcription factor
function. Excess copper results in the aggregation of lipoylated dihydrolipoamide S …

Dysregulated Wnt/β-catenin signaling confers resistance to cuproptosis in cancer cells

YT Liu, L Chen, SJ Li, WY Wang, YY Wang… - Cell Death & …, 2024 - nature.com
Cuproptosis is characterized by the aggregation of lipoylated enzymes of the tricarboxylic
acid cycle and subsequent loss of iron-sulfur cluster proteins as a unique copper-dependent …

[HTML][HTML] FDX1 downregulation activates mitophagy and the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway to promote hepatocellular carcinoma progression by inducing ROS …

B Sun, P Ding, Y Song, J Zhou, X Chen, C Peng, S Liu - Redox biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Mitochondrial dysfunction and metabolic reprogramming can lead to the
development and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Ferredoxin 1 (FDX1) is a …