Pyroptosis

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Pyroptosis, a form of programmed cell death, which in contrast to apoptosis require the function of caspase-1. Pyroptosis is associated to antimicrobial responses during inflammation. [1]

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  1. ^ Fink, S. and Cookson, B. (2005) Apoptosis, Pyroptosis, and Necrosis: Mechanistic Description of Dead and Dying Eukaryotic Cells. Infection and Immunity 73, 1907-1916.


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