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ReviewCell2016

Inflammasome Complexes: Emerging Mechanisms and Effector Functions.

Vijay A K Rathinam, Katherine A Fitzgerald

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Review in Cell, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 626 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
626citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
32.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

626 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,099 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. The gasdermin family: from pyroptosis mechanisms to therapeutic targets.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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  15. Pyroptosis: Molecular mechanisms and function.Journal of physiology and biochemistry · 2026
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566 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vijay A K RathinamDepartment of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3720, USA.
Katherine A FitzgeraldProgram in Innate Immunity, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. Electronic address: kate.fitzgerald@umassmed.edu.
UConn Health · USUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Innate Immune Activation in MalariaR01AI079293 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FITZGERALD, KATHERINE A., GOLENBOCK, DOUGLAS T · 2009 to 2024
$10.9M
Role of PISA; a PYHIN Family Member in Intracellular DNA RecognitionR01AI083713 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FITZGERALD, KATHERINE A., LATZ, EICKE · 2009 to 2013
$2.0M
Regulation of Type I Interferon Gene Expression in the Innate Immune ResponseR01AI067497 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FITZGERALD, KATHERINE A. · 2006 to 2010
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI067497NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI079293NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI083713
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Canonical activation of the inflammasome is critical to promote caspase-1-dependent maturation of the proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18, as well as to induce pyroptotic cell death in response to pathogens and endogenous danger signals. Recent discoveries, however, are beginning to unveil new components of the inflammasome machinery as well as the full spectrum of inflammasome functions, extending their influence beyond canonical functions to regulation of eicosanoid storm, autophagy, and metabolism. In addition, the receptor components of the inflammasome can also regulate diverse biological processes, such as cellular proliferation, gene transcription, and tumorigenesis, all of which are independent of their inflammasome complex-forming capabilities. Here, we review these recent advances that are shaping our understanding of the complex biology of the inflammasome and its constituents.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsCell DeathHumansInflammasomesInflammationInflammasomes

Identifiers

PMID27153493
PMCPMC5503689
OpenAlexW2346799309

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Registered trials

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