Programmed cell death as a defence against infection

Nature Reviews Immunology 17, 151 (2017). doi:10.1038/nri.2016.147 Authors: Ine Jorgensen, Manira Rayamajhi & Edward A. Miao Eukaryotic cells can die from physical trauma, which results in necrosis. Alternatively, they can die through programmed cell death upon the stimulation of specific signalling pathways. In this Review, we discuss the role of different cell death pathways in innate immune defence against bacterial and
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