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 …

The NLR gene family: from discovery to present day

WC Chou, S Jha, MW Linhoff, JPY Ting - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
The mammalian NLR gene family was first reported over 20 years ago, although several
genes that were later grouped into the family were already known at that time. Although it is …

The gut-brain axis: how microbiota and host inflammasome influence brain physiology and pathology

A Rutsch, JB Kantsjö, F Ronchi - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The human microbiota has a fundamental role in host physiology and pathology. Gut
microbial alteration, also known as dysbiosis, is a condition associated not only with …

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and the microbiome—searching the crime scene for clues

M Lee, EB Chang - Gastroenterology, 2021 - Elsevier
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) develop via convergence of environmental, microbial,
immunological, and genetic factors. Alterations in the gut microbiota have been associated …

Interaction between microbiota and immunity in health and disease

D Zheng, T Liwinski, E Elinav - Cell research, 2020 - nature.com
The interplay between the commensal microbiota and the mammalian immune system
development and function includes multifold interactions in homeostasis and disease. The …

Potential intestinal infection and faecal–oral transmission of SARS-CoV-2

M Guo, W Tao, RA Flavell, S Zhu - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread to more than
200 countries and regions globally. SARS-CoV-2 is thought to spread mainly through …

Inflammasome activation and regulation: toward a better understanding of complex mechanisms

D Zheng, T Liwinski, E Elinav - Cell discovery, 2020 - nature.com
Inflammasomes are cytoplasmic multiprotein complexes comprising a sensor protein,
inflammatory caspases, and in some but not all cases an adapter protein connecting the two …

Imbalanced gut microbiota fuels hepatocellular carcinoma development by shaping the hepatic inflammatory microenvironment

KM Schneider, A Mohs, W Gui, EJC Galvez… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide,
and therapeutic options for advanced HCC are limited. Here, we observe that intestinal …

Nutritional components in Western diet versus Mediterranean diet at the gut microbiota–immune system interplay. Implications for health and disease

C García-Montero, O Fraile-Martínez… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
The most prevalent diseases of our time, non-communicable diseases (NCDs)(including
obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and some types of cancer) are rising …

The microbiota-gut-brain axis

JF Cryan, KJ O'Riordan, CSM Cowan… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
I. INTRODUCTION 1877 II. STUDYING THE... 1881 III. MICROBIOTA-GUT-BRAIN AXIS...
1907 IV. PATHWAYS OF COMMUNICATION 1911 V. MICROBIOTA AND SYNAPTIC... 1929 …