This protocol describes a comprehensive method for assessing caspase activation (caspase-1, caspase-3, caspase-7, caspase-8, caspase-9, and caspase-11) in response to both in vitro and in vivo (in mice) models of infection, sterile insults, and cancer to determine the initiation of cell death pathways, such as pyroptosis, apoptosis, necroptosis, and PANoptosis.
Han, J., Tweedell, R. E., Kanneganti, T. Evaluation of Caspase Activation to Assess Innate Immune Cell Death. J. Vis. Exp. (191), e64308, doi:10.3791/64308 (2023).