The role of inflammasomes in intestinal inflammation

<p>Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in the intracellular pattern recognition receptor gene NLRP3 are associated with susceptibility to Crohn’s disease, a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Following cell damage or infection, NLRP3 triggers the formation of inflammasomes, a multimo...

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Main Author: Srinivasan, N
Other Authors: Maloy, K
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2014
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