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ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2011

It cuts both ways: reconciling the dual roles of caspase 8 in cell death and survival.

Andrew Oberst, Douglas R Green

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Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
87citing papers in PubMed
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

87 citing papers in PubMed, 158 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrew OberstDepartment of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA.
Douglas R Green
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

Survival Function of the Fadd-Caspase-8-Flip ComplexR01AI044828 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI GREEN, DOUGLAS R. · 1999 to 2016
$6.3M
To the edge of necroptosis and backR01CA169291 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI GREEN, DOUGLAS R. · 2012 to 2018
$2.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA169291NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI044828
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Caspase 8 can initiate apoptosis, but it also has non-apoptotic roles; for example, it is required for embryonic development and immune cell proliferation. Recent work has indicated that the requirement for caspase 8 in development and immune cell proliferation is defined by suppression of receptor-interacting protein kinase 3 (RIPK3), a kinase that triggers an alternative form of cell death called programmed necrosis. Interestingly, these recent findings can be reconciled with earlier work on the non-apoptotic roles of caspase 8.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisCASP8 and FADD-Like Apoptosis Regulating ProteinCaspase 8Cell DeathCell SurvivalHumansInflammationModels, BiologicalReceptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine KinasesSignal TransductionTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaUbiquitinationCASP8 and FADD-Like Apoptosis Regulating ProteinCaspase 8Receptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine KinasesTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Identifiers

PMID22016059
PMCPMC3627210
OpenAlexW2047135607

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