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NALP3 forms an IL-1beta-processing inflammasome with increased activity in Muckle-Wells autoinflammatory disorder.
Immunity - 1 Mar 2004
Agostini Laetitia, Martinon Fabio, Burns Kimberly, McDermott Michael F, Hawkins Philip N, Tschopp Jürg
Abstract excerpt
Mutations within the NALP3/cryopyrin/CIAS1 gene are responsible for three autoinflammatory disorders: Muckle-Wells syndrome, familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome, and CINCA. The NALP3 protein is homologous to NALP1, which is a component of the inflammasome, a molecular platform that activates...
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