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Caspase-8: Arbitrating Life and Death in the Innate Immune System.

Sahil Gupta, Monica Aida Lopez, Amin M Ektesabi, James N Tsoporis, Chirag M Vaswani, Shil Y Gandhi, Gregory D Fairn, Claudia C Dos Santos, John C Marshall

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Review in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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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

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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

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

9 authors.

Sahil GuptaFaculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia.
Monica Aida LopezKeenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada.
Amin M EktesabiKeenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0089-6826
James N TsoporisKeenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada.
Chirag M VaswaniKeenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6877-4999
Shil Y GandhiFaculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia.
Gregory D FairnKeenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada.
Claudia C Dos SantosKeenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6446-8791
John C MarshallKeenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7902-6291

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The canonical function of caspase-8 is to control timely cellular apoptosis to maintain tissue homeostasis and clear dysfunctional cells; however, emerging findings reveal novel, non-canonical roles of caspase in addition to regulating cellular apoptosis, including inflammatory response regulation, immune function, and cell differentiation. Furthermore, the functional versatility of caspase-8 is reported to be contingent on the presence and dimerization of various isoforms, which are produced through alternative splicing, altering its function and protein-protein interactions. Equally important are post-translational modifications, including phosphorylation and ubiquitination, which can act as a nexus to control caspase-8 activity and cellular localization. Here, we review the alternative splicing and post-translational modifications made to caspase-8 and discuss their influence on its canonical and non-canonical roles.

Indexed as

Caspase 8Immunity, InnateAlternative SplicingAnimalsApoptosisHumansProtein IsoformsProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalUbiquitinationCaspase 8Protein Isoformsalternative splicingapoptosiscaspase-8inflammationpost-translational modification

Identifiers

PMID39996713
PMCPMC11853578

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