inflammasomen.
/ɪnˈflaməsəʊm/, U.S. /ᵻnˈflæməˌsoʊm/ Immunology.
A complex of proteins in the cytoplasm that regulates the activation of enzymes involved in immune and inflammatory responses to pathogens.
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2002 F. Martinon et al. in Molecular Cell 10 417/1 Here we report the identification of a caspase-activating complex that we call the inflammasome.
2010 Nature 22 Apr. 1107/2 Three key proteins that form part of the inflammasome—a protein complex that triggers inflammatory responses—actually protect against colitis and the cancer it can induce.
2020 National Post (Canada) (Web ed.) (Nexis) 6 July His team is the first to demonstrate an activated inflammasome in COVID-19 patients.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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