Inflammasome activation is critical to the protective immune response during chemically induced squamous cell carcinoma.

Chronic inflammation affects most stages of tumorigenesis, including initiation, promotion, malignant differentiation, invasion and metastasis. Inflammasomes have been described as involved with persistent inflammation and are known to exert both pro and antitumour effects. We evaluated the influenc...

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Main Authors: Thais Helena Gasparoto, Carine Ervolino de Oliveira, Luisa Thomazini de Freitas, Claudia Ramos Pinheiro, Juliana Issa Hori, Gustavo Pompermaier Garlet, Karen Angélica Cavassani, Roxana Schillaci, João Santana da Silva, Dario Simões Zamboni, Ana Paula Campanelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4182037?pdf=render