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ReviewCellular & molecular immunology2025

NLRP3 inflammasome in neuroinflammation and central nervous system diseases.

Wen Xu, Yi Huang, Rongbin Zhou

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Review in Cellular & molecular immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 159 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that 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

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Wen XuNeurology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, P. R. China.
Yi HuangInstitute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, 230601, China. HY527@ihm.ac.cn.
Rongbin ZhouNational Key Laboratory of Immune Response and Immunotherapy, Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Biomedicine of IHM, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230027, China. zrb1980@ustc.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-3351-6420

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81821001, 82130107, 82330052, 82202038, U20A20359
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroinflammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of various central nervous system (CNS) diseases. The NLRP3 inflammasome is an important intracellular multiprotein complex composed of the innate immune receptor NLRP3, the adaptor protein ASC, and the protease caspase-1. The activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome can induce pyroptosis and the release of the proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18, thus playing a central role in immune and inflammatory responses. Recent studies have revealed that the NLRP3 inflammasome is activated in the brain to induce neuroinflammation, leading to further neuronal damage and functional impairment, and contributes to the pathological process of various neurological diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and stroke. In this review, we summarize the important role of the NLRP3 inflammasome in the pathogenesis of neuroinflammation and the pathological course of CNS diseases and discuss potential approaches to target the NLRP3 inflammasome for the treatment of CNS diseases.

Indexed as

Central Nervous System DiseasesInflammasomesNeuroinflammatory DiseasesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinAnimalsHumansInflammationInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinCentral nervous system (CNS) diseasesNeuroinflammationNLRP3 inflammasome

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PMID40075143
PMCPMC11955557

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