Getting a gRIP on Flu by Casting the DAI

• Published in: Cell host & microbe Vol. 20; no. 5; pp. 552 - 554
• Main Authors: Clancy, Danielle M., Martin, Seamus J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 09.11.2016
• Subjects: Apoptosis; Cell Death; Influenza A virus; Necrosis

Influenza A initiates host cell death through unknown mechanisms. Thapa et al. (2016) in this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, along with recent work by Kuriakose et al. (2016), indicate that this virus provokes divergent modes of cell death, including apoptosis and necroptosis, via the nucleic aci...