Communications Biology (Jan 2022)

Lysoptosis is an evolutionarily conserved cell death pathway moderated by intracellular serpins

  • Cliff J. Luke,
  • Stephanie Markovina,
  • Misty Good,
  • Ira E. Wight,
  • Brian J. Thomas,
  • John M. Linneman,
  • Wyatt E. Lanik,
  • Olga Koroleva,
  • Maggie R. Coffman,
  • Mark T. Miedel,
  • Qingqing Gong,
  • Arlise Andress,
  • Marlene Campos Guerrero,
  • Songyan Wang,
  • LiYun Chen,
  • Wandy L. Beatty,
  • Kelsey N. Hausmann,
  • Frances V. White,
  • James A. J. Fitzpatrick,
  • Anthony Orvedahl,
  • Stephen C. Pak,
  • Gary A. Silverman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02953-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 25

Abstract

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Cliff Luke et al. report that lysoptosis is a eukaryotic stand-alone regulated cell death pathway. They identify that this new cell death modality predominates in the absence of neutralizing endogenous inhibitors.