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Human keratinocytes express AIM2 and respond to dsDNA with IL-1β secretion
10 Oct 2011
Abstract excerpt
Keratinocytes have been recognized to actively participate in the skin immune response. It has been shown that keratinocytes express all components that are necessary to form the NLRP3 inflammasome complex including the adapter protein ASC and caspase-1. In this study, we investigated the presence and activity of the recently identified absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2) inflammasome in human keratinocytes. We were able...
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