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ArticleJournal of nature and science2018

Necroptosis: MLKL Polymerization.

Andrea Johnston, Zhigao Wang

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Article in Journal of nature and science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Mixed Lineage Kinase Domain-Like Protein (MLKL): From Mechanisms to Therapeutic Opportunities.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  4. Mitochondrial dysfunction is a major cause of thromboinflammation and inflammatory cell death in critical illnesses.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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  13. Viral Induced Protein Aggregation: A Mechanism of Immune Evasion.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  15. MLKL in cancer: more than a necroptosis regulator.Cell death and differentiation · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrea JohnstonDepartment of Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern, 6000 Harry Hines Blvd., NA8.202, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
Zhigao WangDepartment of Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern, 6000 Harry Hines Blvd., NA8.202, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

DIVISION OF CELL &MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008203 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI COBB, MELANIE H. · 1987 to 2018
$7.0M
Molecular and chemical regulations of necrotic cell death pathwaysR01GM120502 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI WANG, ZHIGAO · 2017 to 2021
$1.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM120502NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008203
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Necroptosis is a subtype of regulated necrosis that occurs when caspases are inhibited or fail to activate. Stimulus of cell death receptors results in a signaling cascade that triggers caspase independent, immunogenic cell death. The core pathway relies on receptor interacting protein kinase (RIPK) 1 and 3, which interact through their receptor homotypic interacting motif (RHIM) domains, and form amyloid-like structures termed the necrosome. RIPK3 recruits and phosphorylates mixed lineage kinase domain-like pseudokinase (MLKL), the terminal mediator in the necroptotic pathway. MLKL polymerizes to form a second amyloid-like structure that causes cell membrane disruption resulting in cell death. Although the core necroptosis pathway has been elucidated, the details of MLKL membrane translocation and membrane disruption remain an open area of research.

Indexed as

Amyloid-like polymerMLKLNecroptosisThioredoxin

Identifiers

PMID30294675
PMCPMC6173486
OpenAlexW2809939144

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