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ReviewTrends in immunology2026

Post-translational modifications of NLRP3: to prime or not to prime?

Océane Dufies, Ivan Zanoni

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Review in Trends in immunology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Diverse Scaffolds Facilitate NLRP3 Clustering and Inflammasome Formation in Response to Perturbations in Cell Homeostasis.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Océane DufiesDivision of Immunology, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Gastroenterology, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Ivan ZanoniDivision of Immunology, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Gastroenterology, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: ivan.zanoni@childrens.harvard.edu.

Funding

Macrophage immunometabolism controls septic shockR01AI170632 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Ivan Zanoni · 2023 to 2026
$2.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI170632
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The NLRP3 inflammasome plays a central role in host defense against microbial infections but also contributes to inflammatory diseases. Functioning of NLRP3 strictly relies on two signals: a 'priming signal' that licenses NLRP3 activity and an 'activation signal' that triggers inflammasome assembly and downstream caspase-1 activation. The priming signal involves transcriptional upregulation of NLRP3 and diverse post-translational modifications that regulate its stability, subcellular localization, and protein-protein interactions. This multilayered regulation prevents untimely inflammasome activation while enabling its rapid assembly when both priming and activation signals are present. Here, we focus on the complexity of the priming signal and critically analyze and discuss how diverse post-translational modifications cooperate to prime NLRP3, controlling its activity in health and disease.

Indexed as

InflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalAnimalsHumansInflammationSignal TransductionInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinactivationinflammasomeNLRP3post-translational modificationspriming

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PMID41219086
PMCPMC13034193

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