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. 2025 Jun 4;15:1581951. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1581951

Table 3.

Application related forms of ICD.

Genes/axes/
compounds/drugs
Mechanism Related genes/pathways Cite
Wogonin Induce ROS to trigger ERS, and then induce ICD. PRK/PEKR/eIF2α Xie Y et al. (11)
Oleanolide Blocking Na+/Ca2+ exchange can trigger ERS, promote the production of ROS, and then induce ICD. PERK/eIF2α/ATF4/CHOP Tang Z-Y, et al. (249)
resveratrol Promote apoptosis and autophagy, thus inducing ICD. NGFR/AMPK/mTOR Farras M et al. (76)
Cinobufagin Inducing ICD Upstream STAT pathway Liang D et al. (12)
alkannin Activate receptor and mitochondrial mediated apoptosis pathway, thus triggering ICD. Regulating aspartate aminotransferase (GOT) to mediate ferritin phagocytosis; Stimulate RIPK1 and RIPK3-dependent necrosis and up-regulate DAMPs;
ROS accumulation, NF-κB pathway activation
Tang D et al. (14)
Zhang W et al. (15)
Adriamycin, daunorubicin Directly inhibit the synthesis of DNA and RNA, kill tumor cells, and induce ICD in tumor cells. Tumor cells release DAMPs Lei G et al. (5)
Oxaliplatin The formation of DNA adducts induces apoptosis of tumor cells and triggers ICD. Tumor cells release DAMPs Xie Y et al. (11)
Tang Z-Y et al. (249)
Chemotherapeutic drugs such as cyclophosphamide and paclitaxel. Inducing ICD can improve the anti-tumor effect and promote the apoptosis of tumor cells. DAMPs, PGE₂, STAT3 Zhao Y et al. (28)
PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor Relieve immunosuppression and improve the body’s ability to recognize and remove antigens produced by ICD. Suppression immune checkpoint Farras M et al. (76)
Drugs for relieving tumor hypoxia microenvironment Improve the tumor hypoxia microenvironment and promote the normal running of immune cell function The anaerobic respiration of tumor cells increases and lactic acid accumulates, which damages the function of immune cells; Tumor neovascularization enhances the invasion of tumor cells Song L et al. (250)
4- phenylbutyric acid (4-PBA) Inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum stress response, thereby inhibiting ICD induced by ERS ROS-based endoplasmic reticulum stress-related pathway Rellmann Y et al. (251)
adenosine Inhibit the function of various anti-tumor immune cells and enhance the activity of immunosuppressed cells. Adenosine -A2AR Bao W D et al. (17),
Song L et al. (250)

The purpose of using bold numerical values: References for ICD-related mechanisms and pathways.