Mitochondrial quality control in kidney injury and repair

C Tang, J Cai, XM Yin, JM Weinberg… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Mitochondria are essential for the activity, function and viability of eukaryotic cells and
mitochondrial dysfunction is involved in the pathogenesis of acute kidney injury (AKI) and …

Ferroptosis and cancer: mitochondria meet the “iron maiden” cell death

AM Battaglia, R Chirillo, I Aversa, A Sacco, F Costanzo… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ferroptosis is a new type of oxidative regulated cell death (RCD) driven by iron-dependent
lipid peroxidation. As major sites of iron utilization and master regulators of oxidative …

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 …

The role of mitochondria in NLRP3 inflammasome activation

Q Liu, D Zhang, D Hu, X Zhou, Y Zhou - Molecular immunology, 2018 - Elsevier
The NLRP3 inflammasome is a multiprotein platform which is activated upon cellular
infection or stress. Its activation leads to caspase-1-dependent secretion of proinflammatory …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Apoptosis regulation at the mitochondria membrane level

S Dadsena, LE King, AJ García-Sáez - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP) is a key checkpoint in apoptosis
that activates the caspase cascade and irreversibly causes the majority of cells to die. The …

Checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy diminishes oocyte number and quality in mice

AL Winship, LR Alesi, S Sant, JM Stringer… - Nature Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Loss of fertility is a major concern for female reproductive-age cancer survivors, since a
common side-effect of conventional cytotoxic cancer therapies is permanent damage to the …

Mechanism of NLRP3 inflammasome activation

FS Sutterwala, S Haasken… - Annals of the New York …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Inflammasomes continue to generate interest in an increasing number of disciplines owing
to their unique ability to integrate a myriad of signals from pathogen‐and damage …

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 …

Mitochondria and cell signalling

SWG Tait, DR Green - Journal of cell science, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
Mitochondria have long been considered as crucial organelles, primarily for their roles in
biosynthetic reactions such as ATP synthesis. However, it is becoming increasingly apparent …