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Nature Immunology  5, 563 - 564 (2004)
doi:10.1038/ni0604-563

Cutting into innate immunity

Astar Winoto

Astar Winoto is in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Division of Immunology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. winoto@berkeley.edu

Human caspase-12, unlike that found in the mouse, is not involved in apoptosis and thus its physiological function is unclear. However, a unique polymorphism of human caspase-12 has demonstrated its importance in innate immunity.

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