JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL HEPATOLOGY ›› 2016, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (5): 616-619.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2016.05.030

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Necroptosis and its role in hepatitis and other liver diseases

Song Jinyue, Ren Feng, Zhang Huanhu.   

  1. Department of Chinese Traditional Medicine,Second Hospital,Shanxi Medical University,Taiyuan 030001,Shanxi Province, China
  • Received:2015-12-17 Online:2016-09-10 Published:2016-10-12

Abstract: Traditionally cell death is divided into two categories,e.g. apoptosis and necrosis. But a growing body of research results show that the necrotic apoptosis is a kind of cell death different from necrosis and apoptosis,and plays an important role in a variety of diseases. Activation of necroptosis by ligands of death receptors requires the kinase activity of RIP1,which mediates the activation of RIP3 and MLKL,two critical downstream mediators of necroptosis. Blocking the kinase activity of RIP1,a key druggable target in the necroptosis pathway,by necrostatins inhibits the activation of necroptosis and allows cell survival and proliferation in the presence of death receptor ligands. In this review,we will discuss the difference between apoptosis,necrosis and necrotizing apoptosis,and we will summarizes the mechanism by which the necrotizing apoptosis occur in liver diseases.

Key words: Hepatitis, Necroptosis, Necrosis, Apoptosis