Gasdermin D: The long-awaited executioner of pyroptosis

Si Ming Man, Thirumala Devi Kanneganti*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Inflammatory caspases drive a lytic form of cell death called pyroptosis in response to microbial infection and endogenous damage-associated signals. Two studies now demonstrate that cleavage of the substrate gasdermin D by inflammatory caspases necessitates eventual pyroptotic demise of a cell.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1183-1184
Number of pages2
JournalCell Research
Volume25
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2015
Externally publishedYes

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