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ArticleScience advances2025

TBK1 and IKKε prevent premature cell death by limiting the activity of both RIPK1 and NLRP3 death pathways.

Fabian A Fischer, Benjamin Demarco, Felicia Chan Hui Min, Hui Wen Yeap, Dominic De Nardo, Kaiwen W Chen, Jelena S Bezbradica

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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 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Cell Type-Specific Roles of TBK1 in Steatotic Liver Disease: Evidence for an Inflammatory TBK1Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
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  4. Neuroinflammation in glaucoma: a myriad of cellular pathways and players.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Fabian A FischerThe Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4116-9879
Benjamin DemarcoThe Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5537-1381
Felicia Chan Hui MinImmunology Translational Research Programme, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0009-0003-2575-6779
Hui Wen YeapImmunology Translational Research Programme, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0009-0004-0182-6397
Dominic De NardoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7045-4695
Kaiwen W ChenImmunology Translational Research Programme, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-5903-3251
Jelena S BezbradicaThe Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1441-1727

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The loss of TBK1, or both TBK1 and the related kinase IKKε, results in uncontrolled cell death-driven inflammation. Here, we show that the pathway leading to cell death depends on the nature of the activating signal. Previous models suggest that in steady state, TBK1/IKKε-deficient cells die slowly and spontaneously predominantly by uncontrolled tumor necrosis factor-RIPK1-driven death. However, upon infection of cells that express the NLRP3 inflammasome, (e.g., macrophages), with pathogens that activate this pathway (e.g.,

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I-kappa B KinaseNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReceptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine KinasesAnimalsCaspase 8Cell DeathEndosomesHumansInflammasomesMacrophagesMiceMice, KnockoutPyroptosisSignal TransductionYersinia pseudotuberculosisCaspase 8I-kappa B KinaseInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinNlrp3 protein, mouseProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReceptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine KinasesRipk1 protein, mouseTbk1 protein, mouse

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PMID40053580
PMCPMC11887814

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