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ReviewInternational immunology2018

Novel aspects of the assembly and activation of inflammasomes with focus on the NLRC4 inflammasome.

William G Fusco, Joseph A Duncan

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Review in International immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. ATP-Binding and Hydrolysis in Inflammasome Activation.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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  17. A Study of NLRC4 in Patients with Leprosy.Indian journal of dermatology
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

William G FuscoDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Joseph A DuncanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Funding

Proteomics Pathway DiscoveryU19AI109965 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI TING, JENNY P · 2014 to 2018
$14.9M
Regulation of the physiologic and pathologic activation of the NLRP3-inflammasomeR01AI088255 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DUNCAN, JOSEPH A · 2010 to 2020
$3.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI088255NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI109965
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammasomes are multiprotein structures that activate caspase-1, support secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, IL-1β and IL-18, and also induce inflammatory programmed cell death, termed pyoptosis. Inflammasomes are activated in response to the detection of endogenous and microbially derived danger signals and are mediated by several classes of inflammasome-forming sensors. These include several nucleotide-binding proteins of the NOD-like receptor (NLR) family, including NLRP1, NLRP3 and NLRC4, as well as the proteins Absent in Melanoma 2 (AIM2) and Pyrin. Mutations in genes encoding some of these sensors have been found to be associated with gain-of-function monogenetic inflammatory disorders in humans. Genetic, biochemical and structural studies have begun to demonstrate how these proteins sense danger signals and to shed light on the step-by-step processes that are necessary for the assembly of inflammasomes, in both physiologic responses to pathogens and potentially in autoinflammatory conditions. Recent biochemical studies of pro-caspase-1 and an adapter protein known as ASC suggest that inflammasomes act to initiate self-generating effector filaments responsible for activating caspase-1 and initiating downstream signaling. These studies have suggested a model of molecular events from sensor activation to inflammasome formation that may describe processes that are universal to inflammasome formation.

Indexed as

Protein MultimerizationAnimalsCalcium-Binding ProteinsCARD Signaling Adaptor ProteinsCaspase 1DNA-Binding ProteinsHumansInflammasomesInterleukin-18Interleukin-1betaModels, ImmunologicalAIM2 protein, humanCalcium-Binding ProteinsCARD Signaling Adaptor ProteinsCaspase 1DNA-Binding ProteinsInflammasomesInterleukin-18Interleukin-1betaNLRC4 protein, human

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PMID29617808
PMCPMC5915955

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