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Gasdermin-D activation promotes NLRP3 activation and host resistance to Leishmania infection
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-19 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2023.
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Abstract
- Here, de Sá et al. show that Gasdermin-D is transiently activated in Leishmania-infected macrophages and promotes NLRP3 inflammasome activation, but not cell death. Gasdermin-D is cleaved into a noncanonical fragment, indicating that Leishmania subverts Gasdermin-D-mediated host response to establish leishmaniasis.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.1a83c20a305e4205a732e3e7fc4d594d
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36626-6