DAMP-sensing receptors in sterile inflammation and inflammatory diseases

T Gong, L Liu, W Jiang, R Zhou - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
The innate immune system has the capacity to detect 'non-self'molecules derived from
pathogens, known as pathogen-associated molecular patterns, via pattern recognition …

Control of the inflammasome by the ubiquitin system

G Lopez‐Castejon - The FEBS journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Inflammation is the body's response to danger. One of the first immune cell types to
encounter danger is the macrophage. Macrophages sense danger signals such as …

Myeloid PTEN promotes chemotherapy-induced NLRP3-inflammasome activation and antitumour immunity

Y Huang, H Wang, Y Hao, H Lin, M Dong, J Ye… - Nature cell …, 2020 - nature.com
PTEN is a dual-specificity phosphatase that is frequently mutated in human cancer, and its
deficiency in cancer has been associated with therapy resistance and poor survival …

Posttranslational and therapeutic control of gasdermin-mediated pyroptosis and inflammation

FA Fischer, KW Chen, JS Bezbradica - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pyroptosis is a proinflammatory form of cell death, mediated by membrane pore-forming
proteins called gasdermins. Gasdermin pores allow the release of the pro-inflammatory …

Targeting Inflammasome activation in viral infection: a therapeutic solution?

CH Deng, TQ Li, W Zhang, Q Zhao, Y Wang - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Inflammasome activation is exclusively involved in sensing activation of innate immunity and
inflammatory response during viral infection. Accumulating evidence suggests that the …

Wedelolactone facilitates Ser/Thr phosphorylation of NLRP3 dependent on PKA signalling to block inflammasome activation and pyroptosis

H Pan, Y Lin, J Dou, Z Fu, Y Yao, S Ye… - Cell …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Wedelolactone exhibits regulatory effects on some inflammatory diseases.
However, the anti‐inflammatory mechanism of wedelolactone has not been entirely …

Dynamic changes of the Prf/Pto tomato resistance complex following effector recognition

AH Sheikh, I Zacharia, AJ Pardal… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In both plants and animals, nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) immune receptors
play critical roles in pathogen recognition and activation of innate immunity. In plants, NLRs …

Bruton tyrosine kinase deficiency augments NLRP3 inflammasome activation and causes IL-1β–mediated colitis

L Mao, A Kitani, E Hiejima… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) is present in a wide variety of cells and may thus have
important non–B cell functions. Here, we explored the function of this kinase in …

The E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM65 negatively regulates inflammasome activation through promoting ubiquitination of NLRP3

T Tang, P Li, X Zhou, R Wang, X Fan, M Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The dysregulation of NLRP3 inflammasome plays a critical role in pathogenesis of various
human inflammatory diseases, thus NLRP3 inflammasome activation must be tightly …

Golgi apparatus: an emerging platform for innate immunity

Y Tao, Y Yang, R Zhou, T Gong - Trends in cell biology, 2020 - cell.com
The Golgi apparatus serves as a receiving station where proteins from the endoplasmic
reticulum (ER) are further processed before being sent to other cellular compartments. In …