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ArticleScience advances2025

Caspase-1-dependent pyroptosis converts αSMA

Hongbo Gao, Stephen Q R Wong, Ethan Subel, Yung Hsing Huang, Yu-Cheng Lee, Kazukuni Hayashi, Mark Ellie Alonzo, Mustafa Karabicici, Xen Ping Hoi, Armine Kasabyan and 7 more

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Hongbo GaoDepartment of Urology, Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-2992-3960
Stephen Q R WongDepartment of Urology, Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8906-6465
Ethan SubelDepartment of Urology, Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-3728-4680
Yung Hsing HuangDepartment of Urology, Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8200-961X
Yu-Cheng LeeGraduate Institute of Medical SciencesGraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-3580-0924
Kazukuni HayashiDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0325-3719
Mark Ellie AlonzoDepartment of Urology, Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8984-2233
Mustafa KarabiciciRegenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
Xen Ping HoiDepartment of Urology, Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7610-7291
Armine KasabyanDepartment of Urology, Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Qianxing MoBiostatistics and Bioinformatics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Zachary MelchiodeDepartment of Urology, Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Ziad El-ZaatariDepartment of Urology, Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Steven ShenDepartment of Urology, Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-5458-4003
Raj SatkunasivamDepartment of Urology, Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Fotis NikolosDepartment of Urology, Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8622-0017
Keith Syson ChanDepartment of Urology, Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1670-8508

Funding

The stromal microenvironment as a co-organizer of bladder carcinogenesis and progressionU54CA274375 · NCI · METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI Keith Syson Chan · 2022 to 2026
$10.2M
Distinct Tumor and Metastatic Collagen Microenvironments: Divergent Targeting ApproachesR01CA175397 · NCI · METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI CHAN, KEITH SYSON · 2013 to 2025
$4.8M
Targeting tumor repopulation and the immune microenvironment to overcome chemoresistanceR01CA255609 · NCI · METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI CHAN, KEITH SYSON · 2021 to 2025
$2.2M
Regulation of inhibitory DAMP to harness immunogenic cell deathF31CA247257 · NCI · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI HAYASHI, KAZUKUNI · 2020 to 2022
$116k
The non-canonical Collagen I-DDR1 signaling regulating protein synthesis during metastasisF31CA278582 · NCI · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI ALONZO, MARK E. · 2023 to 2025
$71k
NCI NIH HHS F31 CA247257NCI NIH HHS F31 CA278582NCI NIH HHS R01 CA175397NCI NIH HHS R01 CA255609NCI NIH HHS U54 CA274375
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The impact of chemotherapy-induced tumor cell pyroptosis on fibroblasts, a key stromal cell type within the tumor microenvironment (TME), remains unexplored. Here, we report morphologically and molecularly distinct subtypes of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in bladder cancer, including αSMA

Indexed as

ActinsCancer-Associated FibroblastsCaspase 1Drug Resistance, NeoplasmNeoplastic Stem CellsPyroptosisUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansMiceTumor MicroenvironmentACTA2 protein, humanActinsCaspase 1

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PMID40498841
PMCPMC12154229

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