Increased pyroptosis activation in white matter microglia is associated with neuronal loss in ALS motor cortex

E Van Schoor, S Ospitalieri, S Moonen, SO Tomé… - Acta …, 2022 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterized by the degeneration of motor neurons in
the motor cortex, brainstem, and spinal cord. Although ALS is considered a motor neuron …

Pyroptosis in Alzheimer's disease: cell type-specific activation in microglia, astrocytes and neurons

S Moonen, MJ Koper, E Van Schoor… - Acta …, 2023 - Springer
The major neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are amyloid β (Aβ)
plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT), accompanied by neuroinflammation and neuronal …

Role of NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated neuronal pyroptosis and neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases

YH Han, XD Liu, MH Jin, HN Sun, T Kwon - Inflammation Research, 2023 - Springer
Background Neurodegenerative diseases are a common group of neurological disorders
characterized by progressive loss of neuronal structure and function leading to cognitive …

Activation of the executioner caspases-3 and-7 promotes microglial pyroptosis in models of multiple sclerosis

BA McKenzie, JP Fernandes, MAL Doan… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Pyroptosis is a type of proinflammatory regulated cell death (RCD) in which
caspase-1 proteolytically cleaves gasdermin D (GSDMD) to yield a cytotoxic pore-forming …

Role of mitochondria ROS generation in ethanol-induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation and cell death in astroglial cells

S Alfonso-Loeches, JR Ureña-Peralta… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and NOD-like receptors (NLRs) are innate immunity sensors that
provide an early/effective response to pathogenic or injury conditions. We have reported that …

Investigating the TLR4/TAK1/IRF7 axis in NLRP3-Mediated Pyroptosis in Parkinson's Disease

W Quan, Y Liu, J Li, D Chen, J Xu, J Song, J Chen… - Inflammation, 2024 - Springer
In the realm of Parkinson's disease (PD) research, NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated
pyroptosis has recently garnered significant attention as a potential novel form of …

Mitochondrial impairment in microglia amplifies NLRP3 inflammasome proinflammatory signaling in cell culture and animal models of Parkinson's disease

S Sarkar, E Malovic, DS Harishchandra… - npj Parkinson's …, 2017 - nature.com
The NLRP3 inflammasome signaling pathway is a major contributor to the
neuroinflammatory process in the central nervous system. Oxidative stress and …

Caspase-1 inhibition prevents glial inflammasome activation and pyroptosis in models of multiple sclerosis

BA McKenzie, MK Mamik, LB Saito… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a progressive inflammatory demyelinating disease of the CNS of
unknown cause that remains incurable. Inflammasome-associated caspases mediate the …

The microglial NLRP3 inflammasome is activated by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis proteins

V Deora, JD Lee, EA Albornoz, L McAlary, CJ Jagaraj… - Glia, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Microglial NLRP3 inflammasome activation is emerging as a key contributor to
neuroinflammation during neurodegeneration. Pathogenic protein aggregates such as β …

NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated microglial pyroptosis is critically involved in the development of post-cardiac arrest brain injury

Y Chang, J Zhu, D Wang, H Li, Y He, K Liu… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability in survivors of cardiac
arrest, where neuroinflammation is believed to play a pivotal role, but the underlying …