Mechanisms controlling cellular and systemic iron homeostasis

B Galy, M Conrad, M Muckenthaler - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
In mammals, hundreds of proteins use iron in a multitude of cellular functions, including vital
processes such as mitochondrial respiration, gene regulation and DNA synthesis or repair …

A guide to cell death pathways

J Yuan, D Ofengeim - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Regulated cell death mediated by dedicated molecular machines, known as programmed
cell death, plays important roles in health and disease. Apoptosis, necroptosis and …

The cell biology of ferroptosis

SJ Dixon, JA Olzmann - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2024 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is a non-apoptotic cell death mechanism characterized by iron-dependent
membrane lipid peroxidation. Here, we review what is known about the cellular mechanisms …

Ferroptosis in cancer: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic strategies

Q Zhou, Y Meng, D Li, L Yao, J Le, Y Liu… - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is a non-apoptotic form of regulated cell death characterized by the lethal
accumulation of iron-dependent membrane-localized lipid peroxides. It acts as an innate …

Targeting ferroptosis opens new avenues for the development of novel therapeutics

S Sun, J Shen, J Jiang, F Wang, J Min - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent form of regulated cell death with distinct characteristics,
including altered iron homeostasis, reduced defense against oxidative stress, and abnormal …

Regulation of ferroptosis by lipid metabolism

LE Pope, SJ Dixon - Trends in cell biology, 2023 - cell.com
Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent lethal mechanism that can be activated in disease and is a
proposed target for cancer therapy. Ferroptosis is defined by the overwhelming …

The biochemical pathways of apoptotic, necroptotic, pyroptotic, and ferroptotic cell death

Y Ai, Y Meng, B Yan, Q Zhou, X Wang - Molecular cell, 2024 - cell.com
Apoptosis, the first regulated form of cell death discovered in mammalian cells, is executed
by caspase-3/7, which are dormant in living cells but become activated by upstream …

Lipid droplets and cellular lipid flux

AJ Mathiowetz, JA Olzmann - Nature cell biology, 2024 - nature.com
Lipid droplets are dynamic organelles that store neutral lipids, serve the metabolic needs of
cells, and sequester lipids to prevent lipotoxicity and membrane damage. Here we review …

The therapeutic potential of targeting regulated non-apoptotic cell death

K Hadian, BR Stockwell - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Cell death is critical for the development and homeostasis of almost all multicellular
organisms. Moreover, its dysregulation leads to diverse disease states. Historically …

The pleiotropic functions of reactive oxygen species in cancer

K Wu, AE El Zowalaty, VI Sayin… - Nature Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Cellular redox homeostasis is an essential, dynamic process that ensures the balance
between reducing and oxidizing reactions within cells and thus has implications across all …