This guide provides literature references and links to other resources for those interested in cell death and its different forms, such as apoptosis, necrosis and lysosome-dependent cell death.
Cell Survival and Cell Death. Baehrecke EH, Green DR, Kornbluth S, Salvesen GS (eds). Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-936113-31-6
Green DR. Means to an End: Apoptosis and Other Cell Death Mechanisms. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-879698-87-4
Green DR, Llambi F. Cell Death Signaling. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2015; 7. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a006080. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26626938
Plant Programmed Cell Death, Gunawardena AN, McCabe P (eds). Springer International Publishing: Switzerland, 2015. ISBN: 978-3-319-21033-9 http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319210322
Galluzzi L, Vitale I, Aaronson SA et al. Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018. Cell Death Differ 2018; 25: 486-541. doi: 10.1038/s41418-017-0012-4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29362479
Carmona-Gutierrez D, Bauer MA, Zimmermann A et al. Guidelines and recommendations on yeast cell death nomenclature. Microb Cell 2018; 5: 4-31. doi: 10.15698/mic2018.01.607. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29354647
Galluzzi L, Bravo-San Pedro JM, Vitale I et al. Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015. Cell Death Differ 2015; 22: 58-73. doi: 10.1038/cdd.2014.137. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25236395
Galluzzi L, Vitale I, Abrams JM et al. Molecular definitions of cell death subroutines: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2012. Cell Death Differ 2012; 19: 107-120. doi: 10.1038/cdd.2011.96. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21760595
Kroemer G, Galluzzi L, Vandenabeele P et al. Classification of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2009. Cell Death Differ 2009; 16: 3-11. doi: 10.1038/cdd.2008.150. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18846107
Regulated Cell Death Part A: Apoptotic Mechanisms, Ashkenazi A, Yuan J, Wells J (eds). Methods in Enzymology vol. 544. Elsevier 2014. ISBN: 978-0-12-417158-9 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00766879/544/
Regulated Cell Death Part B: Necroptotic, Autophagic and other Non-apoptotic Mechanisms, Ashkenazi A, Yuan J, Wells J (eds). Methods in Enzymology vol. 454. Elsevier, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-12-801430-1 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/00766879/545
Kepp O, Senovilla L, Vitale I et al. Consensus guidelines for the detection of immunogenic cell death. Oncoimmunology 2014; 3: e955691. doi: 10.4161/21624011.2014.955691. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25941621
Mery B, Guy JB, Vallard A et al. In Vitro Cell Death Determination for Drug Discovery: A Landscape Review of Real Issues. J Cell Death 2017; 10: 1179670717691251. doi: 10.1177/1179670717691251. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28469473
Kepp O, Galluzzi L, Lipinski M et al. Cell death assays for drug discovery. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2011; 10: 221-237. doi: 10.1038/nrd3373. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21358741
Vanden Berghe T, Grootjans S, Goossens V et al. Determination of apoptotic and necrotic cell death in vitro and in vivo. Methods 2013; 61: 117-129. doi: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2013.02.011. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23473780
Galluzzi L, Aaronson SA, Abrams J et al. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring cell death in higher eukaryotes. Cell Death Differ 2009; 16: 1093-1107. doi: 10.1038/cdd.2009.44. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19373242
Green DR. Apoptosis: Physiology and Pathology. Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN: 9780521886567
Kale J, Osterlund EJ, Andrews DW. BCL-2 family proteins: changing partners in the dance towards death. Cell Death Differ 2018; 25: 65-80. doi: 10.1038/cdd.2017.186. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29149100
Kalkavan H, Green DR. MOMP, cell suicide as a BCL-2 family business. Cell Death Differ 2018; 25: 46-55. doi: 10.1038/cdd.2017.179. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29053143
Aubrey BJ, Kelly GL, Janic A et al. How does p53 induce apoptosis and how does this relate to p53-mediated tumour suppression? Cell Death Differ 2018; 25: 104-113. doi: 10.1038/cdd.2017.169. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29149101
Strasser A, Vaux DL. Viewing BCL2 and cell death control from an evolutionary perspective. Cell Death Differ 2018; 25: 13-20. doi: 10.1038/cdd.2017.145. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29099481
Green DR. Cancer and Apoptosis: Who Is Built to Last? Cancer Cell 2017; 31: 2-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2016.12.007. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28073002
Schenk RL, Strasser A, Dewson G. BCL-2: Long and winding path from discovery to therapeutic target. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2017; 482: 459-469. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.10.100. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28212732
Tummers B, Green DR. Caspase-8: regulating life and death. Immunol Rev 2017; 277: 76-89. doi: 10.1111/imr.12541. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28462525
Julien O, Wells JA. Caspases and their substrates. Cell Death Differ 2017; 24: 1380-1389. doi: 10.1038/cdd.2017.44. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28498362
Izzo V, Bravo-San Pedro JM, Sica V et al. Mitochondrial Permeability Transition: New Findings and Persisting Uncertainties. Trends Cell Biol 2016; 26: 655-667. doi: 10.1016/j.tcb.2016.04.006. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27161573
Necrotic Cell Death, Shen H, Vandenabeele P (eds). Cell Death in Biology and Diseases vol. Springer Science+Business Media, 2014 http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781461482192
Weinlich R, Oberst A, Beere HM, Green DR. Necroptosis in development, inflammation and disease. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2017; 18: 127-136. doi: 10.1038/nrm.2016.149. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27999438
Krysko O, Aaes TL, Kagan VE et al. Necroptotic cell death in anti-cancer therapy. Immunol Rev 2017; 280: 207-219. doi: 10.1111/imr.12583. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29027225
Conrad M, Angeli JP, Vandenabeele P, Stockwell BR. Regulated necrosis: disease relevance and therapeutic opportunities. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2016; 15: 348-366. doi: 10.1038/nrd.2015.6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26775689
Wallach D, Kang TB, Dillon CP, Green DR. Programmed necrosis in inflammation: Toward identification of the effector molecules. Science 2016; 352: aaf2154. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf2154. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27034377
Moreno-Gonzalez G, Vandenabeele P, Krysko DV. Necroptosis: A Novel Cell Death Modality and Its Potential Relevance for Critical Care Medicine. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2016; 194: 415-428. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201510-2106CI. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27285640
Dillon CP, Tummers B, Baran K, Green DR. Developmental checkpoints guarded by regulated necrosis. Cell Mol Life Sci 2016; 73: 2125-2136. doi: 10.1007/s00018-016-2188-z. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27056574
Pasparakis M, Vandenabeele P. Necroptosis and its role in inflammation. Nature 2015; 517: 311-320. doi: 10.1038/nature14191. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25592536
Jouan-Lanhouet S, Riquet F, Duprez L et al. Necroptosis, in vivo detection in experimental disease models. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2014; 35: 2-13. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.08.010. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25160988
Vanden Berghe T, Linkermann A, Jouan-Lanhouet S et al. Regulated necrosis: the expanding network of non-apoptotic cell death pathways. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2014; 15: 135-147. doi: 10.1038/nrm3737. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24452471
Vanden Berghe T, Hassannia B, Vandenabeele P. An outline of necrosome triggers. Cell Mol Life Sci 2016; 73: 2137-2152. doi: 10.1007/s00018-016-2189-y. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27052312
Serrano-Puebla A, Boya P. Lysosomal membrane permeabilization as a cell death mechanism in cancer cells. Biochem Soc Trans 2018. doi: 10.1042/BST20170130. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29472365
Gomez-Sintes R, Ledesma MD, Boya P. Lysosomal cell death mechanisms in aging. Ageing Res Rev 2016; 32: 150-168. doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2016.02.009. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26947122
Serrano-Puebla A, Boya P. Lysosomal membrane permeabilization in cell death: new evidence and implications for health and disease. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2016; 1371: 30-44. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12966. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26599521
Aits S, Jaattela M, Nylandsted J. Methods for the quantification of lysosomal membrane permeabilization: a hallmark of lysosomal cell death. Methods Cell Biol 2015; 126: 261-285. doi: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2014.10.032. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25665450
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Villamil Giraldo AM, Appelqvist H, Ederth T, Ollinger K. Lysosomotropic agents: impact on lysosomal membrane permeabilization and cell death. Biochem Soc Trans 2014; 42: 1460-1464. doi: 10.1042/BST20140145. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25233432
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Fearnhead HO, Vandenabeele P, Vanden Berghe T. How do we fit ferroptosis in the family of regulated cell death? Cell Death Differ 2017; 24: 1991-1998. doi: 10.1038/cdd.2017.149. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28984871
Angeli JPF, Shah R, Pratt DA, Conrad M. Ferroptosis Inhibition: Mechanisms and Opportunities. Trends Pharmacol Sci 2017; 38: 489-498. doi: 10.1016/j.tips.2017.02.005. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28363764
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Kang R, Tang D. Autophagy and Ferroptosis - What's the Connection? Curr Pathobiol Rep 2017; 5: 153-159. doi: 10.1007/s40139-017-0139-5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29038744
Lu B, Chen XB, Ying MD et al. The Role of Ferroptosis in Cancer Development and Treatment Response. Front Pharmacol 2017; 8: 992. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00992. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29375387
Yu H, Guo P, Xie X et al. Ferroptosis, a new form of cell death, and its relationships with tumourous diseases. J Cell Mol Med 2017; 21: 648-657. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.13008. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27860262
Green DR. Cell death and the immune system: getting to how and why. Immunol Rev 2017; 277: 4-8. doi: 10.1111/imr.12553. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28462522
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Galluzzi L, Buque A, Kepp O et al. Immunogenic cell death in cancer and infectious disease. Nat Rev Immunol 2017; 17: 97-111. doi: 10.1038/nri.2016.107. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27748397
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Dillon CP, Green DR. Molecular Cell Biology of Apoptosis and Necroptosis in Cancer. Adv Exp Med Biol 2016; 930: 1-23. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-39406-0_1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27558815
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Green DR, Oguin TH, Martinez J. The clearance of dying cells: table for two. Cell Death Differ 2016; 23: 915-926. doi: 10.1038/cdd.2015.172. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26990661
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Kutscher LM, Shaham S. Non-apoptotic cell death in animal development. Cell Death Differ 2017; 24: 1326-1336. doi: 10.1038/cdd.2017.20. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28211869