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Caspase-11 stimulates rapid flagellin-independent pyroptosis in response to Legionella pneumophila.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Jan 2013
Case Christopher L, Kohler Lara J, Lima Jonilson B, Strowig Till, de Zoete Marcel R, Flavell Richard A, Zamboni Dario S, Roy Craig R
Abstract excerpt
A flagellin-independent caspase-1 activation pathway that does not require NAIP5 or NRLC4 is induced by the intracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophila. Here we demonstrate that this pathway requires caspase-11. Treatment of macrophages with LPS up-regulated the host components required for this caspase-11 activation pathway. Activation by Legionella differed from caspase-11 activation using previously...
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