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. 2005 Dec;23(6):553-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2005.11.008.

Poxviruses aren't stuPYD

Chris A Benedict  1 , Carl F Ware
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Poxviruses aren't stuPYD

Chris A Benedict et al. Immunity. 2005 Dec.
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Abstract

Pathogens utilize many strategies to dampen the host inflammatory response. In this issue of Immunity, a report by Johnston and colleagues reveals a poxvirus strategy that inhibits the inflammasome, arresting secretion of interleukin-1-related cytokines, thus silencing key alarms that mobilize host defenses.

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