Artificial intelligence-driven peptide blocks gasdermin pyroptosis and alleviates inflammation

Acknowledgements

This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant Nos. 82160584 and 82470005) and the Key Research and Development Grant of MOST (grant No. 2023YFA095000), and was also supported by a startup fund from Wenzhou Institute of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (grant No. WIUCASQD2022020).

Author contributions

All authors drafted and approved the article.

Conflicts of interest

None declared. The corresponding author M.W. as an Editorial Board Member of Precision Clinical Medicine was blinded from reviewing and making decisions on this manuscript.

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