H Yin, Z Zhao, Y Yan, Y Yuan, W Qu, H Wang, C Zhu… - Mbio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Members of the gasdermin (GSDM) family are critical for inducing programmable pyroptosis by forming pores on the cell membrane. GSDMB, GSDMC, GSDMD, and GSDME are …
DL LaRock, R Russell, AF Johnson, S Wilde… - Infection and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is the etiologic agent of numerous high-morbidity and high-mortality diseases. Infections are typically highly proinflammatory. During the …
S Wilde, A Dash, A Johnson, K Mackey… - Infection and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6 regulates antimicrobial responses that are broadly crucial in the defense against infection. Our prior work shows that IL-6 promotes the killing of …
D Hancz, E Westerlund, B Bastiat-Sempe, O Sharma… - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a common human pathogen and the etiologic agent of a large number of diseases ranging from mild, self-limiting infections to invasive life …
ABSTRACT Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a human-adapted pathogen responsible for a variety of diseases. The GAS M1UK lineage has contributed significantly to the recently …
The cytokine interleukin-1β (IL-1β) is a major mediator of inflammation in autoinflammatory disease and the host response to infection. IL-1β is stored within cells in an inert form, which …
Infiammasomes are multiprotein complexes formed and activated after exposure to pathogenic microbes and host danger signals that control the maturation and production of …
Modulation of inflammasomes has tremendous therapeutic potential and is hotly pursued by industry and academia alike. Indeed a growing number of patents are emerging to protect …
C Valfridsson, E Westerlund, D Hancz… - … : Methods and Protocols, 2023 - Springer
Inflammasomes are large multiprotein complexes that assemble mainly in innate immune cells after detection of microbial or sterile insults. Activation of inflammasomes is a key …