Tobias Janowitz

Jun 19, 2024 | nature.com | Adrienne Boire |Thomas Cox |Tobias Janowitz |Rebecca Lee |Charles Swanton

AbstractCancer is a major cause of global mortality, both in affluent countries and increasingly in developing nations. Many patients with cancer experience reduced life expectancy and have metastatic disease at the time of death. However, the more precise causes of mortality and patient deterioration before death remain poorly understood.

Jun 1, 2024 | nature.com | Qingtao Sun |Miriam Ferrer |Melody Wu |Youngkyu Park |Jessica Tollkuhn |Tobias Janowitz

AbstractInterleukin-6 (IL-6) has been long considered a key player in cancer cachexia. It is believed that sustained elevation of IL-6 production during cancer progression causes brain dysfunctions, which ultimately result in cachexia. However, how peripheral IL-6 influences the brain remains poorly understood. Here we show that neurons in the area postrema (AP), a circumventricular structure in the hindbrain, is a critical mediator of IL-6 function in cancer cachexia in male mice.

Feb 29, 2024 | nature.com | Enyong Dai |Xin McRae Chen |Xuejun Jiang |Rui Kang |Valerian E. Kagan |Ana J. García-Sáez | +27 more

AbstractFerroptosis, an intricately regulated form of cell death characterized by uncontrolled lipid peroxidation, has garnered substantial interest since this term was first coined in 2012. Recent years have witnessed remarkable progress in elucidating the detailed molecular mechanisms that govern ferroptosis induction and defence, with particular emphasis on the roles of heterogeneity and plasticity.