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Inflammasome-activated gasdermin D causes pyroptosis by forming membrane pores.
Nature - 7 Jul 2016
Liu Xing, Zhang Zhibin, Ruan Jianbin, Pan Youdong, Magupalli Venkat Giri, Wu Hao, Lieberman Judy
Abstract excerpt
Inflammatory caspases (caspases 1, 4, 5 and 11) are activated in response to microbial infection and danger signals. When activated, they cleave mouse and human gasdermin D (GSDMD) after Asp276 and Asp275, respectively, to generate an N-terminal cleavage product (GSDMD-NT) that triggers inflammatory death (pyroptosis) and release of inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1β. Cleavage removes the C-terminal...
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