Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33731932›Full record

ArticleNature2021

DPP9 sequesters the C terminus of NLRP1 to repress inflammasome activation.

L Robert Hollingsworth, Humayun Sharif, Andrew R Griswold, Pietro Fontana, Julian Mintseris, Kevin B Dagbay, Joao A Paulo, Steven P Gygi, Daniel A Bachovchin, Hao Wu

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Article in Nature, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 135 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
135citing papers in PubMed
13.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

135 citing papers in PubMed, 190 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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

L Robert Hollingsworth *Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4130-3580
Humayun Sharif *Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1308-3442
Andrew R Griswold *Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, Weill Cornell Medical College, Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2957-2355
Pietro FontanaDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Julian MintserisDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Kevin B DagbayDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7002-7207
Joao A PauloDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4291-413X
Steven P GygiDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7626-0034
Daniel A BachovchinPharmacology Program, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. bachovcd@mskcc.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-1662
Hao WuDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. wu@crystal.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7281-8579
Boston Children's Hospital · USHarvard University · USMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Pacific Northwest Center for Cryo-EM - Screening supplementU24GM129547 · NIGMS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI EVANS, JAMES E, GOUAUX, JAMES E · 2018 to 2023
$54.8M
Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering MST ProgramT32GM007739 · NIGMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI HSU, KATHARINE C · 1985 to 2023
$51.1M
New Sample Multiplexing Technologies to Identify Chemical Probes and Illuminate Ubiquitin BiologyR01GM067945 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI GYGI, STEVEN P · 2003 to 2024
$10.5M
NLRP1 and CARD8 Inflammasomes: Assembly, Regulation and Stress SensingR01AI124491 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI WU, HAO · 2016 to 2025
$5.1M
SMOCs: Novel Signal Transduction Complexes as New Targets for Drug DiscoveryDP1HD087988 · NICHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI WU, HAO · 2015 to 2019
$4.4M
Characterizing the Mechanism of DPP8/9 Inhibitor-Induced PyroptosisR01AI137168 · NIAID · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI Daniel Bachovchin · 2018 to 2026
$4.3M
Advancing Multiplexed Isobaric Tag-based Strategies for Proteome ProfilingR01GM132129 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI PAULO, JOAO A · 2019 to 2023
$1.7M
Characterizing the DPP8/9 Pyroptotic Checkpoint with Chemoproteomic Protease Substrate ProfilingF30CA243444 · NCI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI GRISWOLD, ANDREW · 2019 to 2022
$193k
NCI NIH HHS F30 CA243444NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI124491NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI137168NICHD NIH HHS DP1 HD087988NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067945NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM132129NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007739NIGMS NIH HHS U24 GM129547
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat pyrin-domain containing protein 1 (NLRP1) is an inflammasome sensor that mediates the activation of caspase-1 to induce cytokine maturation and pyroptosis

Indexed as

CARD Signaling Adaptor ProteinsCatalytic DomainCryoelectron MicroscopyDipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-PeptidasesHEK293 CellsHumansInflammasomesNLR ProteinsProtein Structure, TertiaryCARD Signaling Adaptor ProteinsDipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-PeptidasesDPP9 protein, humanInflammasomesNLRP1 protein, humanNLR Proteins

Identifiers

PMID33731932
PMCPMC8299537
OpenAlexW3138350170

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