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A guardian angel of cell integrity

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The finding that RIPK1, an integral protein in cell-death pathways, also functions to preserve the body's epithelial-cell barriers challenges the idea that cell death and survival are regulated by distinct factors. See Letters p.90 & p.95

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Figure 1: Regulation of survival and death by RIPK1.

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Chan, FM. A guardian angel of cell integrity. Nature 513, 38–39 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/513038a

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