A mitochondrial gatekeeper that helps cells escape death by ferroptosis

Javier Garcia-Bermudez and Kıvanç Birsoy ()

Nature, 2021, vol. 593, issue 7860, 514-515

Abstract: Ferroptosis is a type of cell death driven by oxidative damage to lipid membranes. The discovery that organelles called mitochondria have an antioxidant system that counteracts ferroptosis might lead to new anticancer therapies.

Keywords: Cell biology; Cancer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-01203-8

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