Table 1: Nutrient Starvation Induces Cell Death

Inductors Response Molecules Implicated References
Glucose withdrawal Apoptosis Bax, Bcl-2, Bcl-xl, Mcl-1 Vander Heiden et al. [11], Lee et al. [12],
Gonin-Giraud et al. [13], Alves et al.[28].
Caspase-8 Caro-Maldonado et al. [33]
Bad, PUMA, Bim, Noxa, p53 Danial et al. [17], Zhao et al.[21],
Alves et al. [28].
Necrotic phenotype Yuneva et al. [15], Suzuki et al. [37]
Survival AMPK, mTOR, p53 Jones et al. [4], Liang et al. [5], Wang et al. [6]
Ischemia, ischemic-like in vitro conditions Necrosis, apoptosis AKT, ROS, Bax, Bak Degenhardt et al. [32], Bahi et al. [34].
For reviews, see Lee et al. [47], Broughton et al. [35]
Glutamine withdrawal Apoptosis Myc, Bcl-2, caspase-9 Yuneva et al. [15], Julie et al. [16]