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ReviewTrends in cell biology2017

Gasdermins: Effectors of Pyroptosis.

Stephen B Kovacs, Edward A Miao

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Review in Trends in cell biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 762 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
762citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
21.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

762 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,385 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Interaction of HIF-1a with various cell death pathways in tumor immune microenvironment (TIME).Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  5. Role of pyroptosis in melanoma: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potentials.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  12. Inflammasomes in Sjögren's Disease: Exploring the Therapeutic Value.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  13. How to recognize if a cell dies from pyroptosis?Molecular biology reports · 2026
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702 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Stephen B KovacsDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Edward A MiaoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Electronic address: emiao@med.unc.edu.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

BASIC IMMUNE MECHANISMST32AI007273 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI TISCH, ROLAND M · 1985 to 2020
$5.6M
Role of caspase-11 in innate immunityR01AI119073 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI MIAO, EDWARD A · 2015 to 2019
$1.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI119073NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007273
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pyroptosis is a form of lytic programmed cell death initiated by inflammasomes, which detect cytosolic contamination or perturbation. This drives activation of caspase-1 or caspase-11/4/5, which cleave gasdermin D, separating its N-terminal pore-forming domain (PFD) from the C-terminal repressor domain (RD). The PFD oligomerizes to form large pores in the membrane that drive swelling and membrane rupture. Gasdermin D is one of six (in humans) gasdermin family members; several other gasdermins have also been shown to form pores that cause pyroptosis after cleavage to activate their PFDs. One of these, gasdermin E, is activated by caspase-3 cleavage. We review our current understanding of pyroptosis as well as current knowledge of the gasdermin family.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisCaspasesCell MembraneHumansInflammasomesNeoplasm ProteinsPyroptosisCaspasesInflammasomesNeoplasm Proteinsapoptosisgasdermininflammasomeprogrammed cell deathpyroptosis

Identifiers

PMID28619472
PMCPMC5565696
OpenAlexW2627048017

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Registered trials

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