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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2017

Relevance of the NLRP3 Inflammasome in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Liver Disease.

Xiaoqin Wu, Lei Dong, Xianhe Lin, Jun Li

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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69citing papers in PubMed
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 130 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Macrophage heterogeneity in liver fibrosis.Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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  18. NLRP3 Inflammasome in Acute and Chronic Liver Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  19. The NLRP3 inflammasome: a vital player in inflammation and mediating the anti-inflammatory effect of CBD.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2024
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  20. HCV-induced autophagy and innate immunity.Frontiers in immunology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiaoqin WuDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Lei DongDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Xianhe LinDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Jun LiSchool of Pharmacy, Institute for Liver Diseases of Anhui Medical University, ILDAMU, Key Laboratory of Anti-Inflammatory and Immune Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University · CNAnhui Medical University · CNBeijing Institute of Technology · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammation is a common characteristic of chronic liver disease (CLD). Inflammasomes are multiprotein complexes that can sense and recognize various exogenous and endogenous danger signals, eventually activating interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-18. The sensor component of the inflammasome system is a nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptors (NLRs). The NLRs family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome has been involved in the initiation and progression of CLD. However, the molecular mechanisms by which it triggers liver inflammation and damage remain unclear. Here, we focus on recent advances on the potential role of NLRP3 inflammasome activation in the progression of CLD, including viral hepatitis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and alcoholic liver disease, and in particular, its ability to alleviate liver inflammation in animal models. Additionally, we also discuss various pharmacological inhibitors identifying the NLRP3 inflammasome signaling cascade as novel therapeutic targets in the treatment of CLD. In summary, this review summarizes the relevance of the NLRP3 inflammasome in the initiation and progression of CLD, and provides critical targets to suppress the development of CLD in clinical management.

Indexed as

alcoholic liver diseaseinflammasomeinflammationnon-alcoholic steatohepatitisviral hepatitis

Identifiers

PMID29312290
PMCPMC5732938
OpenAlexW2772186552

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