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Inflammasomes and Their Roles in Health and Disease
15 Sept 2012
Abstract excerpt
Inflammasomes are a set of intracellular protein complexes that enable autocatalytic activation of inflammatory caspases, which drive host and immune responses by releasing cytokines and alarmins into circulation and by inducing pyroptosis, a proinflammatory cell death mode. The inflammasome type mediating these responses varies with the microbial pathogen or stress factor that poses a threat to the organism....
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