Comments on "Dihydroartemisinin induces pyroptosis by promoting the AIM2/caspase-3/DFNA5 axis in breast cancer cells.".

We read the article "Dihydroartemisinin induces pyroptosis by promoting the AIM2/caspase-3/DFNA5 axis in breast cancer cells" published in Chemico-Biological Interactions. Authors revealed that dihydroartemisinin induced pyroptosis through activating the AIM2/caspase-3/DFNA5 pathway in breast cancer cells. However, some issues in this paper need to be commented. Authors suggested that dihydroartemisinin activated AIM2/caspase-3/DFNA5 axis in MCF-7 cell line. However, previous studies have confirmed that MCF-7 cell line does not express the caspase-3 protein. This makes us confused.