A 360 view of the inflammasome: Mechanisms of activation, cell death, and diseases

KC Barnett, S Li, K Liang, JPY Ting - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Inflammasomes are critical sentinels of the innate immune system that respond to threats to
the host through recognition of distinct molecules, known as pathogen-or damage …

Necroptosis, pyroptosis and apoptosis: an intricate game of cell death

D Bertheloot, E Latz, BS Franklin - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2021 - nature.com
Cell death is a fundamental physiological process in all living organisms. Its roles extend
from embryonic development, organ maintenance, and aging to the coordination of immune …

The microbial metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide promotes antitumor immunity in triple-negative breast cancer

H Wang, X Rong, G Zhao, Y Zhou, Y Xiao, D Ma, X Jin… - Cell metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
Immunotherapy has achieved limited success in patients with triple-negative breast cancer
(TNBC), an aggressive disease with a poor prognosis. Commensal microbiota have been …

Apoptosis, pyroptosis, and necroptosis—Oh my! The many ways a cell can die

N Ketelut-Carneiro, KA Fitzgerald - Journal of molecular biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cell death is an essential process in all living organisms and occurs through different
mechanisms. The three main types of programmed cell death are apoptosis, pyroptosis, and …

Ubiquitylation of lipopolysaccharide by RNF213 during bacterial infection

EG Otten, E Werner, A Crespillo-Casado, KB Boyle… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Ubiquitylation is a widespread post-translational protein modification in eukaryotes and
marks bacteria that invade the cytosol as cargo for antibacterial autophagy,–. The identity of …

The role of lipopolysaccharide-induced cell signalling in chronic inflammation

MJ Page, DB Kell, E Pretorius - Chronic Stress, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is the main structural component of the outer membrane of most
Gram-negative bacteria and has diverse immunostimulatory and procoagulant effects. Even …

Inflammatory caspases: toward a unified model for caspase activation by inflammasomes

C Ross, AH Chan, JB von Pein… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Inflammasomes are inflammatory signaling complexes that provide molecular platforms to
activate the protease function of inflammatory caspases. Caspases-1,-4,-5, and-11 are …

A journey from structure to function of bacterial lipopolysaccharides

F Di Lorenzo, KA Duda, R Lanzetta, A Silipo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a crucial constituent of the outer membrane of most Gram-
negative bacteria, playing a fundamental role in the protection of bacteria from …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of the non-canonical inflammasome

KP Downs, H Nguyen, A Dorfleutner… - Molecular aspects of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Inflammasomes are large cytosolic multiprotein complexes assembled in response to
infection and cellular stress, and are crucial for the activation of inflammatory caspases and …

Drugging the NLRP3 inflammasome: from signalling mechanisms to therapeutic targets

L Vande Walle, M Lamkanfi - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
Diseases associated with chronic inflammation constitute a major health burden across the
world. As central instigators of the inflammatory response to infection and tissue damage …