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ReviewCell death discovery2025

Liquid‒liquid phase separation: a potentially fundamental mechanism of sepsis.

Huiyi Chen, Shunyi Huang, Longcheng Quan, Caiyuan Yu, Yang Zhu, Xiaocong Sun, Yuanli Zhang, Liehua Deng, Feng Chen

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Review in Cell death discovery, 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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9 authors.

Huiyi Chen *Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, 524000, Zhanjiang, China.
Shunyi Huang *Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, 524000, Zhanjiang, China.
Longcheng Quan *Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, 524000, Zhanjiang, China.
Caiyuan YuDepartment of Gerontology, The Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, 524000, Zhanjiang, China.
Yang ZhuDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, 524000, Zhanjiang, China.
Xiaocong SunDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, 524000, Zhanjiang, China.
Yuanli ZhangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, 524000, Zhanjiang, China. zhangyuanly@126.com.
Liehua DengDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, 524000, Zhanjiang, China. glinson@126.com.
Feng ChenDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, 524000, Zhanjiang, China. fengchen_gmc@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9927-0526

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82172148National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82301611
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition characterized by overactivated inflammation and a dysregulated immune response caused by infection. The predominant mechanism underlying the vulnerability and severity of sepsis has not been fully elucidated. Liquid‒liquid phase separation (LLPS) is a recently discovered, powerful mechanism that drives the formation of membraneless organelles and their biological functions. In particular, emerging evidence indicates that multiple core proteins involved in immune responses, inflammatory signalling, and programmed cell death are organized as protein condensates through LLPS. Here, we present an up-to-date review of the hypothesis that LLPS may underlie the fundamental mechanisms of sepsis, with a focus on the immune system response, changes in inflammatory signalling, and programmed cell death, with the goal of advancing our understanding of the pathological mechanisms of sepsis.

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PMID40624022
PMCPMC12234736

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