Article
Cadmium activates the innate immune system through the AIM2 inflammasome
2024-03-26
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Cadmium (Cd) is a widely used heavy metal and has recently been recognized as a possible source of human toxicity due to its ability to accumulate in organs. Accumulation of heavy metals has several adverse effects, including inducing inflammation, in multiple organs, including the testis. However, how Cd ions are sensed by host cells and how tissue inflammation eventually occurs remain...
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- Literature Corpus work
- f7f2bb5b-3ec6-5a54-95ef-6724368a70ff
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4135566/v1
