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Narendra and Youle review the current understanding of the role of PINK1–Parkin in the quality control of mitophagy, highlighting the underlying mechanisms and physiological relevance of the pathway, as well as its role in neuroprotection.
Man and Kanneganti discuss how pattern-recognition sensors in innate immune cells recognize and respond to cell-death signatures, and highlight molecular targets for potential therapeutic development.
Gasdermins are a family of proteins that form membrane pores and elicit pyroptosis. This Review discusses recent work highlighting their regulation and emerging biological roles, including in non-lethal pore formation and host defence.
The subcellular localization of numerous mRNAs has been demonstrated. This Review presents the different means of mRNA localization described and discusses how they can account for the widespread occurrence of this phenomenon.
R-loops and G-quadruplexes are non-canonical nucleic acid structures with known roles in genome organization. Here, Wulfridge and Sarma highlight emerging roles in DNA repair and transcriptional and epigenetic gene regulation.
Several processes of regulated cell death engage or use mitochondria, which are thus central hubs that not only coordinate cell death but also elicit non-lethal signalling mediated by mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization.
Ferroptosis is a form of cell death that is characterized by morphological abnormalities of mitochondria and the overwhelming peroxidation of phospholipids. Certain tumours are susceptible to ferroptosis, which could be exploited to treat cancers.
Granath-Panelo and Kajimura review emerging evidence of mitochondrial heterogeneity in different contexts and discuss how mitochondrial malleability contributes to cell fate determination and tissue remodelling.
Metastatic colonization involves cancer-cell-intrinsic mechanisms and microenvironmental interactions, and a better understanding of the factors that influence the final, post-extravasation phases is crucial for therapeutically targeting metatstasis.
Mathiowetz and Olzmann review our current understanding of the mechanisms of lipid droplet biogenesis and turnover, the transfer of lipids and metabolites at membrane contact sites, and the role of lipid droplets in regulating fatty acid flux in lipotoxicity and cell death.
In this Review, Dai, Stockwell, Kroemer, Tang and colleagues offer a comprehensive discussion of the molecular regulation of ferroptosis and highlight how this may be potentially leveraged for therapeutic benefit for disease treatment.
