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PyroptosisInflammasomeProinflammatory cytokineCaspaseBiologyLytic cycleCaspase 1Cell biologyProgrammed cell deathSecretionImmunologyApoptosisInflammationGenetics
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- 5
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- 1013-1022
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Mohamed Lamkanfi,
Vishva M. Dixit
(2014).
Mechanisms and Functions of Inflammasomes.
Cell
, 157
(5)
, 1013-1022.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2014.04.007
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- 10.1016/j.cell.2014.04.007