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ReviewTrends in microbiology2025

ZBP1-driven cell death in severe influenza.

David F Boyd, Summer Vaughn Jordan, Siddharth Balachandran

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Review in Trends in microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. Innate immune role of IL-6 in influenza a virus pathogenesis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

David F BoydDepartment of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA. Electronic address: dfboyd@ucsc.edu.
Summer Vaughn JordanDepartment of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Siddharth BalachandranCenter for Immunology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: Siddharth.balachandran@fccc.edu.

Funding

WORD PROCESSING CENTER--COREP30CA006927 · NCI · RESEARCH INST OF FOX CHASE CAN CTR · PI Eric Andrew Ross · 1985 to 2026
$138.8M
Mechanism, Function, and Exploitation of Influenza A Virus-Activated Cell DeathR01AI135025 · NIAID · RESEARCH INST OF FOX CHASE CAN CTR · PI BALACHANDRAN, SIDDHARTH · 2017 to 2025
$6.8M
Targeting RIPK3 in Flu-Associated Lung InjuryR01AI144400 · NIAID · RESEARCH INST OF FOX CHASE CAN CTR · PI BALACHANDRAN, SIDDHARTH, CUNY, GREGORY D · 2019 to 2023
$3.6M
Role of ZBP1 in pathogenesis of Salmonella biofilmsR01AI171568 · NIAID · RESEARCH INST OF FOX CHASE CAN CTR · PI SIDDHARTH BALACHANDRAN, Cagla Tukel · 2023 to 2026
$3.4M
Training Program in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental BiologyT32GM133391 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI Needhi Bhalla · 2019 to 2026
$3.0M
Understanding and targeting fibroblast activation in influenza-triggered lung inflammation and post-viral diseaseR01HL170121 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI David Fielding Boyd · 2023 to 2026
$2.5M
Interferon Activated Necroptosis as a New Therapeutic Avenue for Kidney CancerR01CA168621 · NCI · RESEARCH INST OF FOX CHASE CAN CTR · PI BALACHANDRAN, SIDDHARTH · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
Harnessing ZBP1-triggered cell death to enhance influenza vaccine responsivenessR56AI168087 · NIAID · RESEARCH INST OF FOX CHASE CAN CTR · PI BALACHANDRAN, SIDDHARTH, LANGLOIS, RYAN · 2023 to 2023
$834k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Influenza A virus (IAV) infections can cause life-threatening illness in humans. The severity of disease is directly linked to virus replication in the alveoli of the lower respiratory tract. In particular, the lytic death of infected alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) is a major driver of influenza severity. Recent studies have begun to define the molecular mechanisms by which IAV triggers lytic cell death. Z-form nucleic-acid-binding protein 1 (ZBP1) senses replicating IAV and drives programmed cell death (PCD) in infected cells, including apoptosis and necroptosis in AECs and pyroptosis in myeloid cells. Necroptosis and pyroptosis, both lytic forms of death, contribute to pathogenesis during severe infections. Pharmacological blockade of necroptosis shows strong therapeutic potential in mouse models of lethal influenza. We suggest that targeting ZBP1-initiated necroinflammatory cell lysis, either alone or in combination antiviral drugs, will provide clinical benefit in severe influenza.

Indexed as

Influenza A virusInfluenza, HumanRNA-Binding ProteinsAlveolar Epithelial CellsAnimalsAntiviral AgentsApoptosisCell DeathDisease Models, AnimalHumansMiceNecroptosisOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsPyroptosisVirus ReplicationAntiviral AgentsRNA-Binding ProteinsZBP1 protein, humanapoptosisinfluenza A virusnecroptosispyroptosisRIPK3ZBP1

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PMID39809680
PMCPMC12369450

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