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Life-or-death decisions

In response to a protein that is linked to inflammation, cells either die or survive. Some molecular sleuthing has shed light on how the balance is tipped towards survival.

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Figure 1: Crosstalk between life and death signalling pathways.

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Kyriakis, J. Life-or-death decisions. Nature 414, 265–266 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35104735

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