The pyroptotic process is typically initiated by recognition of pathogens in the cytosol or endogenous danger signals via inflammasomes, which recruit and activate inflammatory caspases such as caspase-1, -4, -5, -11 (160, 161)
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Authors' contributions The authors' responsibilities were as follows--QG and JLF conceived and researched the review
Cell viability assay For cell viability assay, cells were planted in 96-well plates (34 10 3 per well) after indicated treatment, then incubated with 10% CCK-8 reagent at 37 C for 2 h
Depression ranges from everyday situational depression to major depressive disorder, characterized by profound hopelessness, helplessness, and biological symptoms such as sleep disorders and anhedonia and can be mimicked by symptoms of cirrhosis like HE and delirium, necessitating careful psychiatric differential diagnoses