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#Id: 10565

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Ca2+ influx causes the cell and its organelles to swell

and burst, releasing its contents into the extracellular space which trigger activation of immune-system cells

and cause tissue inflammation and damage

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#Id: 10566

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 10567

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Inflammation due to necroptosis has been implicated in mediating major human inflammatory diseases: rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease,

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease and progressive atherosclerotic lesions

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#Id: 1607

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Toll protein surprisingly revealed that its cytoplasmic signaling domain was homologous to that of the vertebrate receptor for the cytokine IL-1 (IL-1R).

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#Id: 1608

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Apoptotic cells attract phagocytes by releasing the lipid mediator lysophosphatidic acid, which functions as a chemoattractant.

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#Id: 1609

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

TLRs 1-10 are conserved between mice and humans, although TLR10 is not functional in mice, while TLRs 11-13 are expressed in mice but not in humans.