Immune sensors suppress colitis-associated cancer

Monday, April 12, 2010 - 11:08 in Health & Medicine

Particular components of inflammasomes -- protein complexes needed for generating immune responses to pathogens and cellular damage -lessen the severity of colitis and colitis-associated colon cancer in mice, according to a study published online this week in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

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