Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37993714›Full record

ArticleNature2023

Recognition and maturation of IL-18 by caspase-4 noncanonical inflammasome.

Xuyan Shi, Qichao Sun, Yanjie Hou, Huan Zeng, Yong Cao, Mengqiu Dong, Jingjin Ding, Feng Shao

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Article in Nature, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 120 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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120citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

120 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 143 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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Xuyan Shi *National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, Beijing, P. R. China.
Qichao Sun *National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China.
Yanjie HouNational Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-5234-9277
Huan ZengNational Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, Beijing, P. R. China.
Yong CaoNational Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, Beijing, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-5545-1111
Mengqiu DongNational Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, Beijing, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-6094-1182
Jingjin DingNational Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, Beijing, P. R. China. jding@ibp.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9941-7997
Feng ShaoNational Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, Beijing, P. R. China. shaofeng@nibs.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-9562-7791
National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNCornerstone University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The canonical (caspase-1) and noncanonical (comprising caspases 4, 5 and 11; hereafter, caspase-4/5/11) inflammasomes both cleave gasdermin D (GSDMD) to induce pyroptosis

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InflammasomesIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsCaspase 1CaspasesHumansInterleukin-18LipopolysaccharidesPyroptosisCaspase 1CaspasesInflammasomesInterleukin-18Intracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLipopolysaccharides

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PMID37993714
OpenAlexW4388892311

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