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Preferred term

Pyroptosis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Type of programmed cell death associated with infection by intracellular pathogens. It is characterized by INFLAMMASOME formation; activation of CASPASE 1; and CYTOKINES mediated inflammation.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Caspase-1 Dependent Cell Death
  • Inflammatory Apoptosis
  • Pyroptotic Cell Death

In other languages

  • French

  • Apoptose inflammatoire
  • Mort cellulaire dépendante de la caspase-1
  • Mort cellulaire par pyroptose

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-N87ZMMTV-H

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