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An Inflammatory Perspective on Necroptosis.
Molecular cell - 16 Mar 2017
Kearney Conor J, Martin Seamus J
Abstract excerpt
Necroptosis (programmed necrosis) occurs in response to TNF, Fas, or TRAIL, as well as certain TLR ligands, when caspase activity required for apoptosis is blocked. Necroptosis is typically considered a highly pro-inflammatory mode of cell death, due to release of intracellular "danger signals" that promote inflammation. However, because most pro-necroptotic stimuli are intrinsically highly pro-inflammatory-due...
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