Caspase-8 mediates inflammation and disease in rodent malaria

Inflammasome activation plays a role in malaria pathogenesis, but details aren’t well understood. Here, the authors show that caspase-8 is a central mediator of systemic inflammation in rodent malaria and that monocytes from malaria patients express active caspases-1, -4 and -8.

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Main Authors: Larissa M. N. Pereira, Patrícia A. Assis, Natalia M. de Araújo, Danielle F. Durso, Caroline Junqueira, Marco Antônio Ataíde, Dhelio B. Pereira, Egil Lien, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Dario S. Zamboni, Douglas T. Golenbock, Ricardo T. Gazzinelli
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/86a724147e8a447f9b51209768df08e2
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