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InflammasomePyroptosisNLRC4Proinflammatory cytokineCaspase 1SecretionPathogenesisAIM2Cell biologyBiologyCaspaseImmunologyInflammationApoptosisProgrammed cell death
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- 10
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- 3
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- 241-247
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- 1797
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Luigi Franchi,
Tatjana Eigenbrod,
Raúl Muñoz-Planillo
et al.
(2009).
The inflammasome: a caspase-1-activation platform that regulates immune responses and disease pathogenesis.
Nature Immunology
, 10
(3)
, 241-247.
https://doi.org/10.1038/ni.1703
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- DOI
- 10.1038/ni.1703