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- noun biology A form of
programmed cell death associated withantimicrobial responses duringinflammation
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Activation of NLRs can induce rapid caspase-1 dependent cell death termed pyroptosis, or a caspase-1 independent cell death termed pyronecrosis.
Elites TV 2009
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Cookson's team named this type of cell death "pyroptosis," Greek for going down in flames.
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These data reveal a role for lysosomal membrane permeabilization in the cellular response to bacterial pathogens and demonstrate a shared requirement for cytosolic relocalization of cathepsins in pyroptosis and pyronecrosis.
Elites TV 2009
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Nlrp1b, and is blocked by proteasome inhibitors and heat shock, both of which prevent LT-mediated pyroptosis.
Elites TV 2009
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