Table 3 Cell death and DAMP production in neurodegenerative diseases.

From: Life-threatening risk factors contribute to the development of diseases with the highest mortality through the induction of regulated necrotic cell death

Diseases

Risk factor

Cell death

Cell death KO mice

DAMP

DAMP KO mice

Neurodegenerative diseases

Smoking [280]

Hypertension [281]

Obesity [282]

Hypercholesterolemia [283]

Alcohol [284]

Air pollution [285]

Apoptosis [141]

Necroptosis [142]

Pyroptosis [144]

Ferroptosis [146]

Excitotoxicity [140]

Delayed neuronal cell death in traumatic brain injury in Bax, RIPK1- or RIPK3-deficient mice [286], [143].

Ablation of NLRP3 and GSDMD exerts neuroprotective effects after traumatic brain injury [149].

Improved pathogenesis of AD in NLRP3 or caspase-1 KO mice [147].

PARP-1 deletion prevents cognitive dysfunction in AD [148].

CypD depletion attenuated synaptic degeneration in an AD mouse model [150].

astrocytes: ATP, HSP70, uric acid S100

neurons: ATP, HSP70, uric acid, mtDNA formylated peptides, HMGB1, PRXs [152]

oligodendrocytes and glia cells: HSP70, mtDNA formylated peptides, HMGB1, PRXs [152]

Chromogranin A [153]

Knockout of S100B decreases plaque load in the cortical region in AD mouse model [287].