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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

Relevance of the Pyroptosis-Related Inflammasome Pathway in the Pathogenesis of Diabetic Kidney Disease.

Pan Liu, Zhengdong Zhang, Yao Li

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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71citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

71 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pan LiuDepartment of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China.
Zhengdong ZhangDepartment of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China.
Yao LiDepartment of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a major cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in many developed and developing countries. Pyroptosis is a recently discovered form of programmed cell death (PCD). With progress in research on DKD, researchers have become increasingly interested in elucidating the role of pyroptosis in DKD pathogenesis. This review focuses on the three pathways of pyroptosis generation: the canonical inflammasome, non-canonical inflammasome, and caspase-3-mediated inflammasome pathways. The molecular and pathophysiological mechanisms of the pyroptosis-related inflammasome pathway in the development of DKD are summarized. Activation of the diabetes-mediated pyroptosis-related inflammasomes, such as nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3), Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), caspase-1, interleukin (IL)-1β, and the IL-18 axis, plays an essential role in DKD lesions. By inhibiting activation of the TLR4 and NLRP3 inflammasomes, the production of caspase-1, IL-1β, and IL-18 is inhibited, thereby improving the pathological changes associated with DKD. Studies using high-glucose-induced cell models, high-fat diet/streptozotocin-induced DKD animal models, and human biopsies will help determine the spatial and temporal expression of DKD inflammatory components. Recent studies have confirmed the relationship between the pyroptosis-related inflammasome pathway and kidney disease. However, these studies are relatively superficial at present, and the mechanism needs further elucidation. Linking these findings with disease activity and prognosis would provide new ideas for DKD research.

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AnimalsCaspase 1CytokinesDiabetic NephropathiesHumansInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinPyroptosisRenal Insufficiency, ChronicToll-Like Receptor 4Caspase 1CytokinesInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinNLRP3 protein, humanTLR4 protein, humanToll-Like Receptor 4diabetic kidney diseaseinflammasome pathwaypathogenesispyroptosis-relatedtargeted inhibition

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PMID33692782
PMCPMC7937695
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