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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2021

Optogenetic Control of Non-Apoptotic Cell Death.

Lian He, Zixian Huang, Kai Huang, Rui Chen, Nhung T Nguyen, Rui Wang, Xiaoli Cai, Zhiquan Huang, Stefan Siwko, Joel R Walker and 3 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Developing Optogenetic Approaches to Study CaCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2026
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  3. Dilating the aging clock with light.Innovation (Cambridge (Mass.)) · 2026
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  5. AI-GuidedJournal of the American Chemical Society · 2026
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  6. Pyroptosis: Turning Up the Heat on Cancer.Annual review of immunology · 2026
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  11. Optogenetic engineering for precision cancer immunotherapy.Trends in pharmacological sciences · 2025
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  17. Protein design accelerates the development and application of optogenetic tools.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025
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  19. Bioluminescent Systems for Theranostic Applications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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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

13 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Lian HeCenter for Translational Cancer Research Institute of Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M University Houston TX 77030 USA.
Zixian HuangDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou Guangdong 510120 China.
Kai HuangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester MA 01605 USA.
Rui ChenDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou Guangdong 510120 China.
Nhung T NguyenCenter for Translational Cancer Research Institute of Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M University Houston TX 77030 USA.
Rui WangCenter for Translational Cancer Research Institute of Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M University Houston TX 77030 USA.
Xiaoli CaiCenter for Epigenetics and Disease Prevention Institute of Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M University Houston TX 77030 USA.
Zhiquan HuangDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou Guangdong 510120 China.
Stefan SiwkoCenter for Translational Cancer Research Institute of Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M University Houston TX 77030 USA.
Joel R WalkerPromega Biosciences LLC San Luis Obispo CA 93401 USA.
Gang HanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester MA 01605 USA.
Yubin ZhouCenter for Translational Cancer Research Institute of Biosciences and Technology Department of Translational Medical Sciences College of Medicine Texas A&M University Houston TX 77030 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7962-0517
Ji JingThe Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital) Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC) Chinese Academy of Sciences Hangzhou Zhejiang 310022 China.ORCID 0000-0003-1004-8377
Texas A&M University · USSun Yat-sen University · CNUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USPrevention Institute · USPromega (United States) · USZhejiang Cancer Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herein, a set of optogenetic tools (designated LiPOP) that enable photoswitchable necroptosis and pyroptosis in live cells with varying kinetics, is introduced. The LiPOP tools allow reconstruction of the key molecular steps involved in these two non-apoptotic cell death pathways by harnessing the power of light. Further, the use of LiPOPs coupled with upconversion nanoparticles or bioluminescence is demonstrated to achieve wireless optogenetic or chemo-optogenetic killing of cancer cells in multiple mouse tumor models. LiPOPs can trigger necroptotic and pyroptotic cell death in cultured prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells and in living animals, and set the stage for studying the role of non-apoptotic cell death pathways during microbial infection and anti-tumor immunity.

Indexed as

Cell DeathOptogeneticsAnimalsEscherichia coliGasderminsHeLa CellsHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLeukemiaLightMiceNanoparticlesNecroptosisPhosphate-Binding ProteinsProtein KinasesPyroptosisGasderminsGSDMD protein, humanIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMLKL protein, humanPhosphate-Binding ProteinsProtein Kinasesbioluminescencenecroptosisoptogeneticspyroptosisupconversion nanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID34540558
PMCPMC8438606
OpenAlexW3163295305

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