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Questions and controversies in innate immune research: what is the physiological role of NLRP3?

The NLRP3 inflammasome is a key component of the innate immune system that induces pro-inflammatory cytokine production and cell death. Although NLRP3 is activated by many pathogens, it only appears to be critical for host defense for a limited number of specific infections. NLRP3 is however strongl...

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Autores principales: Coll, RC, O’Neill, LAJ, Schroder, K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4979470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27551512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/cddiscovery.2016.19