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ReviewCirculation research2015

Regulated necrotic cell death: the passive aggressive side of Bax and Bak.

Jason Karch, Jeffery D Molkentin

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Review in Circulation research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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72citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed, 151 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jason KarchFrom the Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (J.K., J.D.M.); and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cincinnati, OH (J.D.M.).
Jeffery D MolkentinFrom the Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (J.K., J.D.M.); and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cincinnati, OH (J.D.M.). jeff.molkentin@cchmc.org.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

PKCa Signaling Regulates Contractility and Heart FailureP50HL077101 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI KRANIAS, EVANGELIA G · 2005 to 2009
$19.1M
PKC alpha as a translational target in Heart FailureP01HL108806 · NHLBI · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI RABINOWITZ, JOSEPH E · 2012 to 2016
$11.3M
VENTRICULAR MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 2 FUNCTION IN NORMAL AND FAILING HEARTSP50HL052318 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI DORN, GERALD W. · 1995 to 2004
$8.8M
Thrombospondin 4 regulates adaptive ER stress responseRenewal - Resubmission - 1R01HL105924 · NHLBI · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI Jeffery D Molkentin · 2011 to 2026
$7.3M
MOLECULAR PATHWAYS CONTROLLING CARDIAC GENE EXPRESSIONR01HL060562 · NHLBI · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI MOLKENTIN, JEFFERY D · 1998 to 2021
$4.1M
CARDIAC HYPERTROPHIC INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PATHWAYSR01HL062927 · NHLBI · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI ROBBINS, JEFFREY · 1999 to 2013
$3.9M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL108806NHLBI NIH HHS P50 HL052318NHLBI NIH HHS P50 HL077101NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL060562NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL062927NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL105924
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the molecular effectors of apoptotic cell death have been largely annotated over the past 30 years, leading to a strong biological understanding of this process and its importance in cell biology, cell death through necrosis has only recently been accepted as a similarly regulated process with definable molecular effectors. The mitochondria are important and central mediators of both apoptosis and regulated necrosis. In apoptosis, the B-cell leukemia/lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) family members Bcl-2-associated protein x (Bax) and Bcl-2 homologues antagonist/killer (Bak) undergo oligomerization in the outer mitochondrial membrane resulting in the release of apoptosis inducing substrates and the activation of caspases and nucleases. In contrast, during necrosis the mitochondria become dysfunctional and maladaptive in conjunction with reactive oxygen species production and the loss of ATP production, in part through opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore. Although regulated necrosis is caspase-independent, recent evidence has shown that it still requires the apoptotic regulators Bax/Bak, which can regulate the permeability characteristics of the outer mitochondrial membrane in their nonoligomerized state. Here, we review the nonapoptotic side of Bcl-2 family, specifically the role of Bax/Bak in regulated necrotic cell death. We will also discuss how these Bcl-2 family member effectors could be part of a larger integrated network that ultimately decides the fate of a given cell somewhere within a molecular continuum between apoptosis and regulated necrosis.

Indexed as

Necrosisbcl-2-Associated X Proteinbcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer ProteinHumansMitochondriaMitochondrial MembranesMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMitochondrial Permeability Transition PoreMitochondrial ProteinsModels, BiologicalReactive Oxygen SpeciesBAK1 protein, humanBAX protein, humanbcl-2-Associated X Proteinbcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer ProteinMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMitochondrial Permeability Transition PoreMitochondrial ProteinsReactive Oxygen Speciesapoptosiscalciummitochondrianecrosis

Identifiers

PMID25999420
PMCPMC4443748
OpenAlexW1951199270

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