... monocytes Internalization of death receptors Caspase- 9 Initiator caspase of intrinsic pathway NA Caspase- 10 Initiator caspase of extrinsic pathway NA Caspase- 11 Initiator caspase of extrinsic pathway ... through caspase- 3 cleavage of upstream initiator caspases; caspase- 8 and caspase- 9 Interestingly, while most caspases are involved in apoptosis, either as initiator or executioner caspases, emerging ... Caspase- 1, caspase- 5 and caspase- 11 are thought to be inflammatory caspases as they are primarily involved in the processing of the inflammatory cytokines Remarkably, key apoptotic caspases such as caspase- 3,...