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Ferroptosis

Dodging death

Ferroptosis, a cell death mechanism induced by lipid peroxidation, is pivotal in tumor suppression. A recent study shows that tumor repopulating cells evade ferroptosis and develop resistance to therapy via subverting a lipid metabolism enzyme.

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Fig. 1: A schematic depicting the PCK2–ACSL4 signaling axis in regulating ferroptosis and its dysregulation in tumor repopulating cells contributing to ferroptosis evasion and therapy resistance.

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B.G. is an inventor on patent applications involving targeting ferroptosis in cancer therapy, and reports personal fees from Guidepoint Global, Cambridge Solutions, and NGM Bio. Y.Y. has no declaration of interests.

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Yan, Y., Gan, B. Dodging death. Nat Chem Biol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-024-01607-3

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