Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29414783›Full record

ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2018

The bacterial pigment pyocyanin inhibits the NLRP3 inflammasome through intracellular reactive oxygen and nitrogen species.

Sebastian Virreira Winter, Arturo Zychlinsky

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sebastian Virreira WinterMax Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Arturo ZychlinskyMax Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: zychlinsky@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de.
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEMax Planck Institute for Infection Biology · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammasomes are cytosolic complexes that mature and secrete the inflammatory cytokines interleukin 1β (IL-1β) and IL-18 and induce pyroptosis. The NLRP3 (NACHT, LRR, and PYD domains-containing protein 3) inflammasome detects many pathogen- and danger-associated molecular patterns, and reactive oxygen species (ROS)/reactive nitrogen species (RNS) have been implicated in its activation. The phenazine pyocyanin (PCN) is a virulence factor of

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsCalcium-Binding ProteinsCaspase 1Cell LineDNA-Binding ProteinsGlutaredoxinsImmune EvasionInflammasomesInterleukin-18Interleukin-1betaMacrophagesMiceNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas InfectionsAim2 protein, mouseApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsCalcium-Binding ProteinsCasp1 protein, mouseCaspase 1DNA-Binding ProteinsGlrx protein, mouseGlutaredoxinsIL1B protein, mouseInflammasomesInterleukin-18Interleukin-1betaIpaf protein, mouseNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinNlrp3 protein, mousePyocyanineReactive Nitrogen SpeciesReactive Oxygen Speciesinflammasomeinflammationinterleukin 1 (IL-1)oxygen radicalsPseudomonas

Identifiers

PMID29414783
PMCPMC5880120
OpenAlexW2786856960

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