The Therapeutic Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Inflammatory Diseases Caused by Virus, Especially on Those Caused by COVID-19

• Main Authors: Peng Li (Author), Shuang Hu (Author), Cheng Qian (Author), Yan Yao (Author), Liang-yun Li (Author), Jun-fa Yang (Author), Li Yang (Author), Chen-chen Yang (Author), Hong Zhou (Author), Shu-xian Wang (Author), Ying Hu (Author), Xing-yu Zhu (Author), Jing Zhou (Author), Lin-xin Pan (Author), Chuan-pu Shen (Author), Huan Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Inflammasomes are large multimolecular complexes best recognized because of their ability to control activation of caspase-1, which in turn regulates the maturation of interleukin-18 (IL-18) and interleukin-1 β (IL-1β). IL-1β was originally identified as a pro-inflammatory cytokine, capable of induc...