MLKL and infection: Accordingly, infection or cellular stressors can lead to cell death by the combinatory crosstalk of pyroptotic, apoptotic, and necroptotic molecules (like ZBP1, RIPK1, RIPK3, CASP1, CASP8, and NLRP3, MLKL, and GSMDs) to effectively control pathogenic invasion (Christgen et al., 2020).