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 …

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 …

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 pyrin inflammasome in health and disease

O Schnappauf, JJ Chae, DL Kastner… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The pyrin inflammasome has evolved as an innate immune sensor to detect bacterial toxin-
induced Rho guanosine triphosphatase (Rho GTPase)-inactivation, a process that is similar …

Treating inflammation by blocking interleukin-1 in a broad spectrum of diseases

CA Dinarello, A Simon… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2012 - nature.com
Abstract Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a highly active pro-inflammatory cytokine that lowers pain
thresholds and damages tissues. Monotherapy blocking IL-1 activity in autoinflammatory …

Inflammasomes: mechanisms of action and involvement in human diseases

D Bulté, C Rigamonti, A Romano, A Mortellaro - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Inflammasome complexes and their integral receptor proteins have essential roles in
regulating the innate immune response and inflammation at the post-translational level. Yet …

Mutation of a new gene encoding a putative pyrin-like protein causes familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome and Muckle–Wells syndrome

HM Hoffman, JL Mueller, DH Broide, AA Wanderer… - Nature …, 2001 - nature.com
Familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome (FCAS, MIM 120100), commonly known as familial
cold urticaria (FCU), is an autosomal-dominant systemic inflammatory disease characterized …

Colchicine: old and new

A Slobodnick, B Shah, MH Pillinger… - The American journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Although colchicine has been a focus of research, debate, and controversy for thousands of
years, the US Food and Drug Administration just approved it in 2009. Over the past decade …

Role of inflammasomes in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease and therapeutics

JT Marchesan, MS Girnary, K Moss… - Periodontology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Inflammasomes are a group of multimolecular intracellular complexes assembled around
several innate immune proteins. Recognition of a diverse range of microbial, stress and …

Horror Autoinflammaticus: The Molecular Pathophysiology of Autoinflammatory Disease

SL Masters, A Simon, I Aksentijevich… - Annual review of …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
The autoinflammatory diseases are characterized by seemingly unprovoked episodes of
inflammation, without high-titer autoantibodies or antigen-specific T cells. The concept was …