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Cell Physiological Phenomena > Cell Death > Regulated Cell Death > Apoptosis > Pyroptosis

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Pyroptosis  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Apoptoses, Inflammatory
  • Apoptosis, Inflammatory
  • Caspase 1 Dependent Cell Death
  • Caspase-1 Dependent Cell Death
  • Cell Death, Pyroptotic
  • Cell Deaths, Pyroptotic
  • Death, Pyroptotic Cell
  • Deaths, Pyroptotic Cell
  • Inflammatory Apoptoses
  • Inflammatory Apoptosis
  • Pyroptotic Cell Death
  • Pyroptotic Cell Deaths

Scope note

  • Type of programmed cell death associated with infection by intracellular pathogens. It is characterized by INFLAMMASOME formation; activation of CASPASE 1; and CYTOKINES mediated inflammation.

History note

  • 2016

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000069292

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