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Characterization of MLKL-mediated Plasma Membrane Rupture in Necroptosis
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Sensing necrosis with Mincle
1Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Division of Immunology, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, Cape Town, South Africa. gordon.brown@mweb.co.za
Nature Immunology
|September 19, 2008
Abstract:
The mechanisms that lead to inflammation after necrotic cell death are poorly understood. New data show that the C-type lectin Mincle is involved in this process.
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