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Crystals of monosodium urate monohydrate enhance lipopolysaccharide-induced release of interleukin 1 beta by mononuclear cells through a caspase 1-mediated process.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Feb 2009
Giamarellos-Bourboulis E J, Mouktaroudi M, Bodar E, van der Ven J, Kullberg B-J, Netea M G, van der Meer J W M
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OBJECTIVE: Recent studies suggest that crystals of monosodium urate (MSU), deposited in joints of patients with acute gouty arthritis, activate the NACHT domain, leucine-rich repeat and pyrin domain-containing protein (NALP)3 inflammasome. In the present study we have investigated whether production of proinflammatory cytokines by crystals was exacerbated during costimulation with Toll-like receptor (TLR)...
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