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ReviewMicrobes and infection2012

Anthrax and the inflammasome.

Mahtab Moayeri, Inka Sastalla, Stephen H Leppla

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Review in Microbes and infection, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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50citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Pattern Recognition by NOD-Like Receptors.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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  5. NLRP inflammasomes in health and disease.Molecular biomedicine · 2024
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  7. Role of pyroptosis in inflammation and cancer.Cellular & molecular immunology · 2022
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  11. Structure, Activation and Regulation of NLRP3 and AIM2 Inflammasomes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  14. The NLRP1 and CARD8 inflammasomes.Immunological reviews · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mahtab MoayeriLaboratory of Bacterial Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. mmoayeri@niaid.nih.gov
Inka Sastalla
Stephen H Leppla
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Pathophysiological Actions of the Anthrax ToxinsZIAAI001032 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI LEPPLA, STEPHEN · 2009 to 2025
$10.9M
Pathophysiological Actions of the Anthrax Toxins Z01AI001032 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI LEPPLA, STEPHEN · 2008 to 2008
$899k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AI001032Intramural NIH HHS Z99 AI999999NIAID NIH HHS Y99 AI999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anthrax lethal toxin (LT), a major virulence determinant of anthrax disease, induces vascular collapse in mice and rats. LT activates the Nlrp1 inflammasome in macrophages and dendritic cells, resulting in caspase-1 activation, IL-1β and IL-18 maturation and a rapid cell death (pyroptosis). This review presents the current understanding of LT-induced activation of Nlrp1 in cells and its consequences for toxin-mediated effects in rodent toxin and spore challenge models.

Indexed as

Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsAnthraxAntigens, BacterialApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsBacillus anthracisBacterial ToxinsCell DeathDendritic CellsInflammasomesMacrophagesMiceNLR ProteinsRatsAdaptor Proteins, Signal Transducinganthrax toxinAntigens, BacterialApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsBacterial ToxinsInflammasomesNLRP1 protein, humanNLR Proteins

Identifiers

PMID22207185
PMCPMC3322314
OpenAlexW1966382115

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