In Mice Eliminating Damaged Mitochondria Alleviates Chronic Inflammatory Disease

In Mice, Eliminating Damaged Mitochondria Alleviates Chronic Inflammatory Disease

18:00 EDT 12 Apr 2019 | Pharmaceutical Processing

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Treatment with a choline kinase inhibitor prompts immune cells to clear away damaged mitochondria, thus reducing NLRP3 inflammasome activation and preventing inflammation.
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University of California - San Diego
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Drug Discovery and Development

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