Astrocytic RIPK3 exerts protective anti-inflammatory activity in mice with viral encephalitis by transcriptional induction of serpins

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Flaviviruses pose a substantial threat to public health because of their ability to infect the central nervous system (CNS). Receptor-interacting protein kinase 3 (RIPK3) is a central coordinator that promotes neuroinflammation during viral infection of the CNS, a role that occurs independently of its canonical function in inducing necroptosis. Here, we used mouse genetic tools to induce astrocyte-specific...

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