International Journal of Molecular Sciences Review Crosstalk of the Caspase Family and Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Signaling Junfang Yan 1,2,3,4,5, Yi Xie 1,2,3,4,*, Jing Si 1,2,3,4, Lu Gan 1,2,3,4, Hongyan Li 1,2,3,4, Chao Sun 1,2,3,4, Cuixia Di 1,2,3,4, Jinhua Zhang 1,2,3,4,5, Guomin Huang 1,2,3,4,5, Xuetian Zhang 1,2,3,4,5 and Hong Zhang 1,2,3,4,* 1 Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 509 Nanchang Road, Lanzhou 730000, China;
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[email protected] (H.Z.); Tel.: +86(931)519-6126 (H.Z.) Abstract: Cell can integrate the caspase family and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) sig- naling in response to cellular stress triggered by environment. It is necessary here to elucidate the direct response and interaction mechanism between the two signaling pathways in regulating cell survival and determining cell fate under cellular stress.