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 …

Can we use interleukin-6 (IL-6) blockade for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-induced cytokine release syndrome (CRS)?

B Liu, M Li, Z Zhou, X Guan, Y Xiang - Journal of autoimmunity, 2020 - Elsevier
The emergent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a global
pandemic. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and multiorgan dysfunction are …

Should we stimulate or suppress immune responses in COVID-19? Cytokine and anti-cytokine interventions

Y Jamilloux, T Henry, A Belot, S Viel, M Fauter… - Autoimmunity …, 2020 - Elsevier
The coronavirus disease-19 pandemic (COVID-19), which appeared in China in December
2019 and rapidly spread throughout the world, has forced clinicians and scientists to take up …

Recommendations for the management of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in adults

P La Rosée, AC Horne, M Hines… - Blood, The Journal …, 2019 - ashpublications.org
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a severe hyperinflammatory syndrome
induced by aberrantly activated macrophages and cytotoxic T cells. The primary (genetic) …

Caspases in cell death, inflammation, and disease

N Van Opdenbosch, M Lamkanfi - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
Caspases are an evolutionary conserved family of cysteine proteases that are centrally
involved in cell death and inflammation responses. A wealth of foundational insight into the …

Emerging activators and regulators of inflammasomes and pyroptosis

Y Xue, DE Tuipulotu, WH Tan, C Kay, SM Man - Trends in immunology, 2019 - cell.com
The inflammasome is a cytosolic immune signaling complex that induces inflammation and
pyroptosis. Inflammasome complexes respond to a variety of pathogens, as well as danger …

The immunology of macrophage activation syndrome

CB Crayne, S Albeituni, KE Nichols… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Synonymous with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, macrophage activation
syndrome (MAS) is a term used by rheumatologists to describe a potentially life-threatening …

Pediatric hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

SW Canna, RA Marsh - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a syndrome describing patients with severe
systemic hyperinflammation. Characteristic features include unremitting fever, cytopenias …

Overview of the IL‐1 family in innate inflammation and acquired immunity

CA Dinarello - Immunological reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The interleukin‐1 (IL‐1) family of cytokines and receptors is unique in immunology
because the IL‐1 family and Toll‐like receptor (TLR) families share similar functions. More …

Recognition and maturation of IL-18 by caspase-4 noncanonical inflammasome

X Shi, Q Sun, Y Hou, H Zeng, Y Cao, M Dong, J Ding… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The canonical (caspase-1) and noncanonical (comprising caspases 4, 5 and 11;
hereafter, caspase-4/5/11) inflammasomes both cleave gasdermin D (GSDMD) to induce …