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Caspases are involved in numerous cell-cycle processes including programmed cell death and inflammation, and comprise one of the primary mechanisms of apoptosis via the caspase activation cascade. Caspase deficiency and mutation is implicated in disease and cancer progression; for example, CASP5 and CASP8 are regularly mutated or downregulated in cancers, particularly MSI-positive cancers where these caspases experience regular pathogenic truncation (Geelen, 2010; Trojan, 2004). In the case of CASP8, this contributes to the loss of functional apoptosis as part of the tumorigenic process. Additionally, caspases such as inflammatory caspase 1 (CASP1) are of research interest due to their apparent involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and other autoimmune diseases (Kahlenberg, 2014).