Innate sensing pathways: Defining new innate immune and inflammatory cell death pathways has shaped translational applications

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About the Authors

Rebecca E. Tweedell

Roles Conceptualization, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Sivakumar Prasanth Kumar

Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: T.-D.K. is a consultant for Pfizer.

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