The role of inflammasomes in human diseases and their potential as therapeutic targets

J Yao, K Sterling, Z Wang, Y Zhang… - Signal Transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Inflammasomes are large protein complexes that play a major role in sensing inflammatory
signals and triggering the innate immune response. Each inflammasome complex has three …

The role of inflammasomes in vascular cognitive impairment

L Poh, WL Sim, DG Jo, QN Dinh, GR Drummond… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
There is an increasing prevalence of Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI) worldwide, and
several studies have suggested that Chronic Cerebral Hypoperfusion (CCH) plays a critical …

NAD+ cleavage activity by animal and plant TIR domains in cell death pathways

S Horsefield, H Burdett, X Zhang, MK Manik, Y Shi… - Science, 2019 - science.org
SARM1 (sterile alpha and TIR motif containing 1) is responsible for depletion of
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide in its oxidized form (NAD+) during Wallerian …

Structure, activation and regulation of NLRP3 and AIM2 inflammasomes

M Sharma, E de Alba - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The inflammasome is a three-component (sensor, adaptor, and effector) filamentous
signaling platform that shields from multiple pathogenic infections by stimulating the …

Assembly and architecture of NLR resistosomes and inflammasomes

Z Hu, J Chai - Annual Review of Biophysics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins are critical intracellular immune
receptors in both animals and plants. Perception of pathogen-derived or stress-associated …

Induced proximity of a TIR signaling domain on a plant-mammalian NLR chimera activates defense in plants

Z Duxbury, S Wang, CI MacKenzie… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Plant and animal intracellular nucleotide-binding, leucine-rich repeat (NLR) immune
receptors detect pathogen-derived molecules and activate defense. Plant NLRs can be …

Mechanism of filament formation in UPA-promoted CARD8 and NLRP1 inflammasomes

L Robert Hollingsworth, L David, Y Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
NLRP1 and CARD8 are related cytosolic sensors that upon activation form supramolecular
signalling complexes known as canonical inflammasomes, resulting in caspase− 1 …

Structural basis for distinct inflammasome complex assembly by human NLRP1 and CARD8

Q Gong, K Robinson, C Xu, PT Huynh… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Nod-like receptor (NLR) proteins activate pyroptotic cell death and IL-1 driven inflammation
by assembling and activating the inflammasome complex. Closely related sensor proteins …

Structural insights into the plant immune receptors PRRs and NLRs

J Wang, J Chai - Plant physiology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Structural Insights into the Plant Immune Receptors PRRs and NLRs1 [OPEN] | Plant
Physiology | Oxford Academic Skip to Main Content Advertisement Oxford Academic …

Structure, interactions and self-assembly of ASC-dependent inflammasomes

E de Alba - Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
The inflammasome is a multi-protein platform that assembles upon the presence of cues
derived from infection or tissue damage, and triggers the inflammatory response …