Bacterial exotoxins and the inflammasome

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue NOV, 2015, Pages

  Greaney, Allison J ^a   Leppla, Stephen H ^a   Moayeri, Mahtab ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax lethal toxin; Caspase 1; Exotoxins; Inflammasome; Interleukin 1; NLRP3; Nod like receptors; Pyroptosis

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING DOMAIN AND LEUCINE RICH REPEAT CONTAINING PROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PNEUMOLYSIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINOMYCIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTHRAX; CELL FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; NECROPTOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 84949547470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00570     Document Type: Review

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