Modulación diferencial de la respuesta a la endotoxina por los polimorfismos de caspasa-12 en humanos

Maya Saleh1, John P Vaillancourt, Rona K Graham

  • 1Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research, Montreal, Quebec H9H 3L1, Canada.

Nature
|May 7, 2004
PubMed
Resumen

Una variación genética humana en la caspasa-12 (Csp12-L) reduce las respuestas inflamatorias a las endotoxinas. Esta variación, que se encuentra en personas de ascendencia africana, puede aumentar el riesgo de desarrollar sepsis severa.

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