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ReviewTranslational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine2023

The NLRP3 inflammasome fires up heme-induced inflammation in hemolytic conditions.

Suruchi Salgar, Beatriz E Bolívar, Jonathan M Flanagan, Shaniqua J Anum, Lisa Bouchier-Hayes

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Review in Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Suruchi SalgarDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Texas Children's Hospital William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, Texas.
Beatriz E BolívarDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Texas Children's Hospital William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, Texas; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Jonathan M FlanaganDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Texas Children's Hospital William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, Texas.
Shaniqua J AnumDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Texas Children's Hospital William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, Texas.
Lisa Bouchier-HayesDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Texas Children's Hospital William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, Texas; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: bouchier@bcm.edu.
Texas Children's Hospital · USBaylor College of Medicine · USTexas Medical Center · US

Funding

Hematology Training ProgramT32DK060445 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI GOODELL, MARGARET A. · 2002 to 2023
$8.3M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYT32GM008231 · NIGMS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI NELSON, DAVID LOREN · 1990 to 2019
$7.2M
Non-apoptotic functions of caspase-2 in cell division and genomic stabilityR01GM121389 · NIGMS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI BOUCHIER-HAYES, LISA · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
Novel Pathways in Ischemic Stroke in Sickle Cell AnemiaR01HL136415 · NHLBI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI FLANAGAN, JONATHAN MICHAEL · 2019 to 2021
$1.6M
Exploring the Mechanisms of Inflammatory Caspase Activation in Sickle Cell DiseaseF32DK121479 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI BOLIVAR-VEGA, BEATRIZ ELENA · 2019 to 2022
$172k
NHLBI NIH HHS L40 HL165602NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL136415NIDDK NIH HHS F32 DK121479NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK060445NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM121389NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008231
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Overactive inflammatory responses are central to the pathophysiology of many hemolytic conditions including sickle cell disease. Excessive hemolysis leads to elevated serum levels of heme due to saturation of heme scavenging mechanisms. Extracellular heme has been shown to activate the NLRP3 inflammasome, leading to activation of caspase-1 and release of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18. Heme also activates the non-canonical inflammasome pathway, which may contribute to NLRP3 inflammasome formation and leads to pyroptosis, a type of inflammatory cell death. Some clinical studies indicate there is a benefit to blocking the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway in patients with sickle cell disease and other hemolytic conditions. However, a thorough understanding of the mechanisms of heme-induced inflammasome activation is needed to fully leverage this pathway for clinical benefit. This review will explore the mechanisms of heme-induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation and the role of this pathway in hemolytic conditions including sickle cell disease.

Indexed as

Anemia, Sickle CellInflammasomesHemeHemolysisHumansInflammationInterleukin-1betaNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinHemeInflammasomesInterleukin-1betaNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein

Identifiers

PMID36041706
PMCPMC10351365
OpenAlexW4293582892

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