Fundamental role of the Rip2/caspase-1 pathway in hypoxia and ischemia-induced neuronal cell death

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Caspase-1 plays a key role in inflammatory pathways by processing pro-IL-1beta into the active cytokine mature IL-1beta. Given its sequence similarity with the Caenorhabditis elegans cell death gene ced-3,it has long been speculated that caspase-1 may also play a role in cell death. However, an unequivocal role for caspase-1 in cell death has been questioned, and not definitively demonstrated. Furthermore, if...

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