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ReviewClinical and experimental medicine2024

The NLRP3 inflammasome in allergic diseases: mechanisms and therapeutic implications.

Huiqin Zhou, Li Wang, Wei Lv, Hongmeng Yu

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Review in Clinical and experimental medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Programmed Cell Death in Chronic Rhinosinusitis.Clinical and translational allergy · 2026
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  6. Notch2 Directs aTreg Cell Fate Toward Immunoregulation or Inflammatory Pyroptosis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  10. NLRP3 inflammasome expression in pediatric asthma: sputum-based insights, inflammatory mechanisms, and targeted therapeutic strategies.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Huiqin ZhouDepartment of Otolaryngology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Research Units of New Technologies of Endoscopic Surgery in Skull Base Tumor (2018RU003) , Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China.
Li WangENT Institute and Department of Otolaryngology, Eye & ENT Hospital , Fudan University, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Wei LvDepartment of Otolaryngology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Research Units of New Technologies of Endoscopic Surgery in Skull Base Tumor (2018RU003) , Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China. lili20020615@sina.com.
Hongmeng YuDepartment of Otolaryngology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Research Units of New Technologies of Endoscopic Surgery in Skull Base Tumor (2018RU003) , Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China. hongmengyush@163.com.

Funding

the National Key Clinical Specialty Construction Project Z155080000004the National Natural Science Foundation of China 81970856the New Technologies of Endoscopic Surgery in Skull Base Tumor: CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (CIFMS) 2019-I2M-5-003the Shanghai Municipal Key Clinical Specialty shslczdzk00801the Shanghai Science and Technology Committee Foundation 21JC1401100the Shanghai Young Scientific and Technological Talents Sailing Program 23YF1404800
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a global increase in the prevalence of allergic diseases, including allergic rhinitis, chronic rhinosinusitis, allergic asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic conjunctivitis, and food allergies. Since the pathogenic mechanisms of these allergic diseases are not yet fully understood, targeted and effective therapies are lacking. The NLRP3 inflammasome, a multiprotein complex implicated in various inflammatory diseases, can be activated by diverse stimuli. It assembles into NLRP3 inflammasome complexes through conformational changes, initiating the proteolytic cleavage of dormant procaspase-1 into active caspase-1 and promoting the maturation of inflammatory cytokines, including IL-1β and IL-18. Dysfunction of the NLRP3 inflammasome may serve as a key driver of inflammatory diseases, leading to pyroptosis and amplifying the local inflammatory response. As preliminarily demonstrated, specific NLRP3 inflammatory vesicle inhibitors play refectory roles in animal models of allergic diseases, and it is believed that specific NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors may be potential therapeutic agents for allergic diseases. This review highlights the progress of research on the NLRP3 inflammasome in allergic diseases, explores its contribution to different types of allergic diseases, and identifies promising clinical targets for intervention.

Indexed as

HypersensitivityInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinAnimalsHumansInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinNLRP3 protein, humanAllergic asthmaAllergic conjunctivitisAllergic rhinitisAtopic dermatitisChronic rhinosinusitisFood allergy

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PMID39325206
PMCPMC11427518

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