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ArticleCell death and differentiation2025

Potential of biomarker-based enrichment strategies to identify critically ill patients for emerging cell death interventions.

Cyril Willemart, Ruth Seurinck, Tom Stroobants, Samya Van Coillie, Jorien De Loor, Sze Men Choi, Ria Roelandt, Mohan Rajapurkar, Symen Ligthart, Philippe G Jorens and 5 more

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Article in Cell death and differentiation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Cyril WillemartCell Death Signaling Lab, Infla-Med Centre of Excellence, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0004-8425-7707
Ruth SeurinckVIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.
Tom StroobantsLaboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, Infla-Med Centre of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Samya Van CoillieVIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.
Jorien De LoorDepartment of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, General Hospital Maria Middelares, Ghent, Belgium.
Sze Men ChoiVIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.
Ria RoelandtVIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.
Mohan RajapurkarDepartment of Nephrology, Muljibhai Patel Society for Research in Nephro-Urology, Nadiad, India.
Symen LigthartLaboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, Infla-Med Centre of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Philippe G JorensLaboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, Infla-Med Centre of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Dominique D BenoitIntensive Care Unit, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Yvan SaeysVIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.
Evelyne MeyerDepartment of Veterinary and Biosciences, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Eric HosteIntensive Care Unit, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9301-8055
Tom Vanden BergheCell Death Signaling Lab, Infla-Med Centre of Excellence, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. tom.vandenberghe@uantwerpen.be.ORCID 0000-0002-1633-0974

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) frequently suffer from sepsis and severe multiple organ dysfunction with underlying widespread cell death. Pyroptosis and ferroptosis are regulated cell death forms that may serve as potential therapeutic targets. Pyroptosis is a major detrimental factor driving sepsis, which typically results in excessive oxidative stress potentially inducing ferroptotic organ injury. Here, we show that ICU patients with simultaneous pyro- and ferroptosis-positive signatures have the lowest survival probability. This is reflected by significantly elevated levels of pyroptosis-related biomarkers interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra), IL-18, and growth and differentiation factor-15 (GDF15), as well as the ferroptosis-related biomarkers malondialdehyde (MDA) and catalytic iron (Fe

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BiomarkersCritical IllnessFerroptosisPyroptosisSepsisAgedCell DeathFemaleHumansIntensive Care UnitsMaleMiddle AgedBiomarkers

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PMCPMC12669244

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