Chunk #8 — Results — Ethanol activates the inflammasome pathway in NPCs

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Ethanol-mediated activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome in iPS cells and iPS cells-derived neural progenitor cells.

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NPCs are important for neurogenesis [22], and ethanol may affect their functions. In order to test this, we investigated the effects of ethanol on NPCs derived from iPS cells.