s, and mouse lung fibroblasts Akt provides a key link to TNFα production, but is dispensible for cell death per se. Overall, our results reveal a specific and novel role for the Akt pathway in regulated necrosis and necrosis-associated inflammatory signaling.

Results

Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Promotes Necroptosis in L929 Cells
It has been established that mouse fibrosarcoma L929 cells undergo necroptotic cell death following stimulation with TNFα [10], [17]. In addition, inhibition of caspase-8 activity alone, either through siRNA knockdown or by using the pan-caspase inhibitor, zVAD.fmk, is sufficient to trigger necroptosi