Pexophagy-driven redox imbalance promotes virus-induced ferroptosis
Jiang et al. show that virus infection triggers excessive ROS production and peroxisome degradation via pexophagy mediated by the ATM-PEX5-p62 axis. This degradation leads to iron accumulation, enhanced ROS levels, activation of the Fenton reaction, and ferroptosis, highlighting the peroxisome’s role in viral interactions and redox regulation.