Macrophage activation: on par with LPS.

Chem Biol

Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 500 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 500 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address:

Published: April 2015

The inflammatory response is a critical component of the immune system that is activated by stimuli such as cytokines, foreign DNA, RNA, or other harmful substances. Krukenberg et al. (2015) identify poly(ADP-ribose) as a new signaling molecule that activates inflammation, thus providing yet another mechanism by which PARPs are involved in cellular stress responses.

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