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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1183-1184 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Cell Research |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 11 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |