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pyronecrosis

pyronecrosis noun: a variant of pyroptosis that requires a caspase.

Noun

pyronecrosis (uncountable)

  1. A variant of pyroptosis that requires a caspase.
    • Pyroptosis and pyronecrosis differ from each other, e.g. by activating factors and the dependence of caspase-1 [ 34 ].2008 September 13, Antero Salminen et al., “Amyloid-β oligomers set fire to inflammasomes and induce Alzheimer's pathology”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 12, →DOI

Origin of pyronecrosis

From pyro- + necrosis.

Questions about pyronecrosis

What does pyronecrosis mean?
Pyronecrosis means a variant of pyroptosis that requires a caspase.
What part of speech is pyronecrosis?
Pyronecrosis is a noun.

Words near pyronecrosis in the dictionary

  1. pyromucous acid
  2. pyromusical
  3. Pyron
  4. pyronaridine
  5. pyrone
  6. pyronecrosis
  7. pyronecrotic
  8. pyronemataceous
  9. pyrones
  10. pyronin
  11. pyronine

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