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ArticleApoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death2025

A cellular danse macabre: the choreography of programmed cell death.

Arjan W Griffioen, Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska

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Article in Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. The IAP family member BRUCE/BIRC6: an emerging new player in balancing life and death.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  3. Death never dies: increasing impact of programmed cell death.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Arjan W GriffioenAngiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Medical Oncology, Amsterdam UMC, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. a.griffioen@amsterdamumc.nl.
Patrycja Nowak-SliwinskaSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research on cell death is getting diverse. Apoptosis and other forms of programmed cell death play a critical role in maintaining cellular homeostasis and defending an organism from infections, cancer, and degenerative diseases. Apoptosis, a well-known form of programmed cell death, involves non-inflammatory and orderly organized dismantling of a cell. Different pathways and mechanisms have emerged that challenge the traditional apoptosis-centric view, such as necroptosis, panoptosis, pyroptosis, paraptosis, ferroptosis and autophagic cell death. This editorial aims to highlight some of these emerging pathways, expanding our understanding of cellular death and its implications in health and disease. Over the years, Apoptosis has been at the forefront of publishing discoveries on these diverse and impactful processes.

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ApoptosisAnimalsAutophagyFerroptosisHumansNecroptosisPyroptosisApoptosisCell deathProgrammed death

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