Lighting a fire on the reef

Sci Immunol. 2020 Dec 4;5(54):eabf0905. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abf0905.

Abstract

Coral gasdermin E is cleaved by activated caspase-3 to induce pyroptosis, a form of inflammatory programmed cell death, in response to a bacterial pathogen (see the related Research Article by Jiang et al.).

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / metabolism*
  • Anthozoa / microbiology*
  • Coral Reefs*
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Pyroptosis*