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. 2026 Feb 18;17:1703943. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1703943

Table 1.

Treatment strategies for NSCLC targeting RCD.

Drugs Treatment mechanism Targeted RCD Ref.
Baicalin MCOLN3 activation and ROS accumulation Autophagy-related apoptosis (Dong et al.)
Berberine combined with icotinib EGFR degradation and ROS accumulation Apoptosis (Chen et al.)
Aloe-emodin MAPK signaling pathway and Akt/mTOR pathway Apoptosis (Shen et al.)
Vorinostat combined with gefitinib HSP90/EGFR/MET/AKT Apoptosis (Park et al.)
Exopolysaccharides from the polar yeast Cryptococcus heimaeyensis ROS/p38/ROS/ERK Autophagy (Hao et al.)
Polyphyllin VI PI3K/AKT/mTOR Autophagy and apoptosis (Teng et al.)
Small molecule agonists targeting receptor-interacting protein kinase Destroying lysosomal function and calcium ion balance Necroptosis (Garnique et al.)
(-)-Guaiol Damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) release Immunogenic cell death and necroptosis (Yang et al.)
Auranofin TrxR1 inhibition and ROS accumulation; DAMPs release and dendritic cell activation Ferroptosis (Freire Boullosa et al.)
DE-Cu4O3 NPs Mitochondrial dysfunction and telomerase inactivation Cuproptosis (Abu-Serie and Blasco)
Cucurbitacin B TLR4/NLRP3/GSDMD/IL-1β Pyroptosis (Yuan et al.)
Sophflarine A NLRP3/caspase-1/GSDMD Pyroptosis and autophagy (Luo et al.)
Reniformin A TLR4/NLRP3 Pyroptosis (Zhu et al.)
Shikonin COX-2/caspase-1/GSDME Pyroptosis (Cao et al.)
Iridium (III) complex Endoplasmic Reticulum stress and ROS accumulation Immunogenic cell death (Wang et al.)
sea hare hydrolysates (SHH) STAT3/ROS/caspase-1 Immunogenic cell death and pyroptosis and necroptosis (Nyiramana et al.)
Dihydroartemisinin (DHA) combined with cisplatin ROS-endoplasmic reticulum stress-JNK/p38 MAPK cascade Immunogenic cell death (Ni et al.)
Evodiamine combined with cisplatin Epigenetic regulation Autophagy (Panda et al.)