Pyroptosis at the forefront of anticancer immunity

R Loveless, R Bloomquist, Y Teng - Journal of Experimental & Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
Tumor resistance to apoptosis and the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment are two
major contributors to poor therapeutic responses during cancer intervention. Pyroptosis, a …

[HTML][HTML] Pyroptosis: A new frontier in cancer

Y Fang, S Tian, Y Pan, W Li, Q Wang, Y Tang… - Biomedicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pyroptosis is an inflammatory form of cell death triggered by certain inflammasomes, leading
to the cleavage of gasdermin D (GSDMD) and activation of inactive cytokines like IL-18 and …

The role of pyroptosis in cancer: pro-cancer or pro-“host”?

X Xia, X Wang, Z Cheng, W Qin, L Lei, J Jiang… - Cell death & …, 2019 - nature.com
Programmed cell death (PCD) refers to the way in which cells die depending on specific
genes encoding signals or activities. Apoptosis, autophagy, and pyroptosis are all …

Mechanism and regulation of pyroptosis-mediated in cancer cell death

J Ruan, S Wang, J Wang - Chemico-biological interactions, 2020 - Elsevier
Pyroptosis, a form of programmed cell death, has garnered increasing attention as it relates
to innate immunity and diseases. The discovery of caspase-1/3/4/5/8/11 function in sensing …

Emerging mechanisms of pyroptosis and its therapeutic strategy in cancer

L Lu, Y Zhang, X Tan, Y Merkher, S Leonov, L Zhu… - Cell death …, 2022 - nature.com
Pyroptosis, a type of inflammatory programmed cell death, is triggered by caspase cleavage
of gasdermin family proteins. Based on accumulating evidence, pyroptosis is closely …

Induction of pyroptosis: a promising strategy for cancer treatment

L Wang, X Qin, J Liang, P Ge - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pyroptosis, a lytic pro-inflammatory type of programmed cell death, has been widely studied
in diverse inflammatory disease models. Membrane perforation and cell swelling induced by …

The emerging role of pyroptosis in pediatric cancers: from mechanism to therapy

H Wang, X Zhou, C Li, S Yan, C Feng, J He… - Journal of hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
Pediatric cancers are the driving cause of death for children and adolescents. Due to safety
requirements and considerations, treatment strategies and drugs for pediatric cancers have …

Leptin: A heavyweight player in obesity-related cancers

A Caruso, L Gelsomino, S Panza, FM Accattatis… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Obesity, defined as the abnormal or excessive expansion of white adipose tissue, has
reached pandemic proportions and is recognized as an important health concern since it is …

MST1 suppresses pancreatic cancer progression via ROS-induced pyroptosis

J Cui, Z Zhou, H Yang, F Jiao, N Li, Y Gao… - Molecular Cancer …, 2019 - AACR
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a deadly disease, and its incidence is
increasing annually. It is critical to reveal and delineate the molecular mechanism promoting …

Pyroptosis: shedding light on the mechanisms and links with cancers

H You, L Wang, H Meng, C Huang, G Fang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Pyroptosis, a novel form of programmed cell death (PCD) discovered after apoptosis and
necrosis, is characterized by cell swelling, cytomembrane perforation and lysis, chromatin …