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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Inhibiting the NLRP3 Inflammasome.

Lina Y El-Sharkawy, David Brough, Sally Freeman

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
62citing papers in PubMed
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

62 citing papers in PubMed, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lina Y El-SharkawyDivision of Pharmacy and Optometry, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
David BroughDivision of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, AV Hill Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
Sally FreemanDivision of Pharmacy and Optometry, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3831-9151
Manchester Academic Health Science Centre · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/T016515/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammasomes are protein complexes which are important in several inflammatory diseases. Inflammasomes form part of the innate immune system that triggers the activation of inflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-18. The inflammasome most studied in sterile inflammation and non-communicable disease is the NLRP3 inflammasome. Upon activation by diverse pathogen or disease associated signals, NLRP3 nucleates the oligomerization of an adaptor protein ASC forming a platform (the inflammasome) for the recruitment and activation of the protease caspase-1. Active caspase-1 catalyzes the processing and release of IL-1β and IL-18, and via cleavage of the pore forming protein gasdermin D can drive pyroptotic cell death. This review focuses on the structural basis and mechanism for NLRP3 inflammasome signaling in the context of drug design, providing chemical structures, activities, and clinical potential of direct inflammasome inhibitors. A cryo-EM structure of NLRP3 bound to NEK7 protein provides structural insight and aids in the discovery of novel NLRP3 inhibitors utilizing ligand-based or structure-based approaches.

Indexed as

Drug DiscoveryAnimalsClinical Trials as TopicDrug DesignDrug DevelopmentDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHumansImmunity, InnateInflammasomesInflammationModels, MolecularNIMA-Related KinasesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinProtein BindingStructure-Activity RelationshipInflammasomesNEK7 protein, humanNIMA-Related KinasesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Proteincryo-EMcytokinedrug discoveryinflammasomeinflammationmedicinal chemistryNLRP3

Identifiers

PMID33255820
PMCPMC7728307
OpenAlexW3110569994

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