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Integrin α5β1 activates the NLRP3 inflammasome by direct interaction with a bacterial surface protein

Hye-Kyoung Jun1, Sung-Hoon Lee, Hae-Ri Lee

  • 1Department of Oral Microbiology and Immunology, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Immunity
|May 22, 2012
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