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ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2017

The P2X7 Receptor Primes IL-1β and the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Astrocytes Exposed to Mechanical Strain.

Farraj Albalawi, Wennan Lu, Jonathan M Beckel, Jason C Lim, Stuart A McCaughey, Claire H Mitchell

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Article in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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104 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 153 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Farraj AlbalawiDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Pennsylvania, PhiladelphiaPA, United States.
Wennan LuDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Pennsylvania, PhiladelphiaPA, United States.
Jonathan M BeckelDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Pennsylvania, PhiladelphiaPA, United States.
Jason C LimDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Pennsylvania, PhiladelphiaPA, United States.
Stuart A McCaugheyDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Pennsylvania, PhiladelphiaPA, United States.
Claire H MitchellDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Pennsylvania, PhiladelphiaPA, United States.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Scientific TransparencyP30EY001583 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CLAIRE H MITCHELL · 1985 to 2026
$19.5M
Purines and the Health of Retinal Ganglion CellsR01EY015537 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MITCHELL, CLAIRE H · 2005 to 2023
$6.7M
REGULATION OF LYSOSOMAL PH IN RPE CELLSR01EY013434 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MITCHELL, CLAIRE H · 2002 to 2020
$5.3M
Role of Pannexins in Urinary Bladder PathologyK01DK106115 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BECKEL, JONATHAN M · 2015 to 2017
$362k
The Lysosome as an ATP Source in the Urothelium and its Role in PathologyR03DK114492 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BECKEL, JONATHAN M · 2017 to 2018
$156k
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY001583NEI NIH HHS R01 EY013434NEI NIH HHS R01 EY015537NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK106115
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory responses play a key role in many neural pathologies, with localized signaling from the non-immune cells making critical contributions. The NLRP3 inflammasome is an important component of innate immune signaling and can link neural insult to chronic inflammation. The NLRP3 inflammasome requires two stages to contribute: priming and activation. The priming stage involves upregulation of inflammasome components while the activation stage results in the assembly and activation of the inflammasome complex. The priming step can be rate limiting and can connect insult to chronic inflammation, but our knowledge of the signals that regulate NLRP3 inflammasome priming in sterile inflammation is limited. This study examined the link between mechanical strain and inflammasome priming in neural systems. Transient non-ischemic elevation of intraocular pressure increased mRNA for inflammasome components

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PMID28848393
PMCPMC5550720
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