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An inflammatory issue

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People vary naturally in a protein called caspase-12, and hence in their susceptibility to harmful inflammation. This discovery highlights the balance between the protective and destructive effects of immunity.

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  1. North Shore–Long Island Jewish Research Institute, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, 11030, New York, USA

    Kevin J. Tracey

  2. Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital East, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 02129, USA

    H. Shaw Warren

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Tracey, K., Warren, H. An inflammatory issue. Nature 429, 35–37 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/429035a

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