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Here, we examined whether pyroptosis specifically driven by the pore-forming protein gasdermin E (GSDME) is involved in regulating influenza virus infection outcomes. We found that\n                  <jats:italic>\n                    Gsdme\n                    <jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n                  <\/jats:italic>\n                  mice showed similar weight loss and survival in severe A\/PR\/8\/34 (H1N1) virus infections compared to WT counterparts. Likewise, lung dysfunction, histopathological damage, viral titers, and inflammatory cytokine levels were similar in the two groups. Global transcriptomic analysis also revealed similar inflammatory and antiviral gene expression programs in WT versus\n                  <jats:italic>\n                    Gsdme\n                    <jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n                  <\/jats:italic>\n                  mouse lungs at baseline and in response to infection. To confirm the generality of these findings, we infected mice with 2009 pandemic H1N1 virus and again observed similar weight loss, mortality, and lung dysfunction in WT and\n                  <jats:italic>\n                    Gsdme\n                    <jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n                  <\/jats:italic>\n                  mice. Our results overall demonstrate that GSDME contributes negligibly to the host response against H1N1 influenza virus, refining our understanding of cell death pathways in influenza pathogenesis.\n                <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1101\/2025.07.29.667514","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,30]],"date-time":"2025-07-30T06:35:20Z","timestamp":1753857320000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Gasdermin E is Dispensable for H1N1 Influenza Virus Pathogenesis in Mice"],"prefix":"10.64898","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-7610-1502","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Samuel","family":"Speaks","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jonathan","family":"Papa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthew","family":"McFadden","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jack E.","family":"Roettger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Benjamin D.","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shreenath","family":"Mohan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brendan M.","family":"Reznik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Steve","family":"Leumi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jana M.","family":"Cable","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2698-658X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adriana","family":"Forero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jacob S.","family":"Yount","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"54368","reference":[{"key":"2025073113501037000_2025.07.29.667514v1.1","unstructured":"Influenza (seasonal). 2025 [cited 2025 06\/30\/2025]; 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