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Author Spotlight: Flow Cytometric Determination of Pyroptosis in Avian Cells
Published on: May 31, 2024
Current knowledge of pyroptosis in heart diseases
Yang Gao1, Huairui Shi1, Zhen Dong2
1Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Abstract:
Pyroptosis is a form of pro-inflammatory, necrotic cell death mediated by proteins of the gasdermin family. Various heart diseases, including myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury, myocardial infarction, and heart failure, involve cardiomyocyte and non-myocyte pyroptosis. Cardiomyocyte pyroptosis also causes the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Recent studies have confirmed that pyroptosis is predominantly triggered by both the canonical and non-canonical inflammasome pathways, which independently facilitate caspase-1 or caspase-11/4/5 activation and gasdermin D (GSDMD) cleavage. Cardiac fibroblast and myeloid cell pyroptosis also contributes to the pathogenesis and development of heart diseases. This review summarizes the recent studies on pyroptosis in heart diseases and discusses the associated therapeutic targets.
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