The Immune trio explains how activation of the inflammasome by a bacterial protein causes blood clotting through a programmed cell death process called pyroptosis.
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- Inflammasome activation triggers blood clotting (Immunity) 4:06
- Rotavirus and Nlrp9b inflammasome (Nature) 53:55
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