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S. Fink, B. Cookson

2005.4.1INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.4.1907-1916.2005

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A wide variety of pathogenic microorganisms have been demonstrated to cause eukaryotic cell death, either as a consequence of infecting host cells or by producing toxic products, and apoptosis in many of these systems is characterized as apoptosis.

Abstract

A wide variety of pathogenic microorganisms have been demonstrated to cause eukaryotic cell death, either as a consequence of infecting host cells or by producing toxic products. Pathogen-induced host cell death has been characterized as apoptosis in many of these systems. It is increasingly being

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FINK, S.; COOKSON, B. Apoptosis, pyroptosis, and necrosis: Mechanistic description of dead and dying eukaryotic cells. INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 2005, 73: 1907–1916.