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Chemotherapy drugs induce pyroptosis through caspase-3-dependent cleavage of GSDME

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Zhang, X., Zhang, H. Chemotherapy drugs induce pyroptosis through caspase-3-dependent cleavage of GSDME. Sci. China Life Sci. 61, 739–740 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-017-9158-x

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