Effector-triggered immunity

BC Remick, MM Gaidt, RE Vance - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The innate immune system detects pathogens via germline-encoded receptors that bind to
conserved pathogen ligands called pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). Here …

Inflammasome activation: from molecular mechanisms to autoinflammation

S Lara‐Reyna, EA Caseley, J Topping… - Clinical & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Inflammasomes are assembled by innate immune sensors that cells employ to detect a
range of danger signals and respond with pro‐inflammatory signalling. Inflammasomes …

Activation of the NLRP1 inflammasome in human keratinocytes by the dsDNA mimetic poly (dA: dT)

JY Zhou, MK Sarkar, K Okamura… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The accrual of cytosolic DNA leads to transcription of type I IFNs, proteolytic maturation of
the IL-1 family of cytokines, and pyroptotic cell death. Caspase-1 cleaves pro-IL1β to …

Chemical inhibition of DPP9 sensitizes the CARD8 inflammasome in HIV-1-infected cells

KM Clark, JG Kim, Q Wang, H Gao, RM Presti… - Nature chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) induce pyroptosis of HIV-1-
infected CD4+ T cells through induction of intracellular HIV-1 protease activity, which …

Protein folding stress potentiates NLRP1 and CARD8 inflammasome activation

EL Orth-He, HC Huang, SD Rao, Q Wang, Q Chen… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
NLRP1 and CARD8 are related pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) that detect intracellular
danger signals and form inflammasomes. Both undergo autoproteolysis, generating N …

The NLRP1 and CARD8 inflammasomes detect reductive stress

Q Wang, JC Hsiao, N Yardeny, HC Huang, CM O'Mara… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
The danger signals that activate the related nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat
pyrin domain-containing 1 (NLRP1) and caspase activation and recruitment domain …

Oxidized thioredoxin-1 restrains the NLRP1 inflammasome

DP Ball, LP Tsamouri, AE Wang, HC Huang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The danger signals that activate the NLRP1 inflammasome have not been established.
Here, we report that the oxidized, but not the reduced, form of thioredoxin-1 (TRX1) binds to …

Role of inflammasomes in HIV-1 infection and treatment

X Jin, R Zhou, Y Huang - Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2022 - cell.com
Although combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) is effective in inhibiting human
immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication, it does not eradicate the virus because …

[HTML][HTML] The NLRP1 inflammasome induces pyroptosis in human corneal epithelial cells

AR Griswold, HC Huang… - … ophthalmology & visual …, 2022 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Purpose: Inflammasomes are multiprotein complexes that detect danger-associated signals
and trigger an immunostimulatory form of cell death called pyroptosis. NLRP1 is an innate …

A human-specific motif facilitates CARD8 inflammasome activation after HIV-1 infection

J Kulsuptrakul, EA Turcotte, M Emerman, PS Mitchell - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Inflammasomes are cytosolic innate immune complexes that assemble upon detection of
diverse pathogen-associated cues and play a critical role in host defense and inflammatory …