Inflammasomes in cancer: A double-edged sword

Protein and Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-20

  Kolb, Ryan ^a   Liu, Guang Hui ^b,c   Janowski, Ann M ^a   Sutterwala, Fayyaz S ^a,d   Zhang, Weizhou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; inflammasome; inflammation

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 8; CRYOPYRIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFLAMMASOMES; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84895168155     PISSN: 1674800X     EISSN: 16748018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13238-013-0001-4     Document Type: Review

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