Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a member of the genus Betacoronavirus within the family Coronaviridae. It is an enveloped single-stranded positive …
Severe SARS-CoV-2 infection causes systemic inflammation, cytokine storm, and hypercytokinemia due to activation of the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines that have …
NLRP3 inflammasome is a critical immune component that plays a crucial role in mounting innate immune responses. The deleterious effects of inflammasome activation have been …
J Zeng, X Xie, XL Feng, L Xu, JB Han, D Yu, QC Zou… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been a great threat to global public health since 2020. Although the advance on vaccine …
TS Rodrigues, DS Zamboni - Current Opinion in Immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•SARS-CoV-2 infection in vitro triggers activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome.•The NLRP3 is activated in mice infected with SARS-CoV-2 and in the lungs …
Heightened inflammatory response is a prominent feature of severe COVID-19 disease. We report that the SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a viroporin activates the NLRP3 inflammasome, the most …
JW Guarnieri, A Angelin, DG Murdock… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Compared to healthy controls, severe COVID19 patients display increased levels of activated NLRP3-inflammasome (NLRP3-I) and interleukin (IL)-1β. SARS-CoV-2 …