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ASC, which is composed of a PYD and a CARD, is up-regulated by inflammation and apoptosis in human neutrophils.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 24 May 2002
Shiohara Masaaki, Taniguchi Shun'ichiro, Masumoto Junya, Yasui Kozo, Koike Kenichi, Komiyama Atsushi, Sagara Junji
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ASC is an adaptor protein that is composed of two protein-protein interaction domains, a PYRIN domain (PYD), and a caspase-recruitment domain (CARD). Recently, ASC was identified as a binding partner of pyrin, which is the product of MEFV, a gene causing familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Mutati...
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