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[Pathophysiological mechanisms underlying cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes: genetic and molecular basis and the inflammasome].
Medicina clinica - 1 Jan 2011
Aróstegui Juan I
Abstract excerpt
NLRP3 gene (formerly known as CIAS1) encodes for cryopyrin (Nalp3) protein, which belongs to the Nod-like family of innate immune receptors. Cryopyrin recruits different adaptor and effectors proteins into a cytosolic macromolecular complex termed Nalp3-inflammasome, which senses both several pathogen-associated and damage-associated molecular patterns as well as inorganic particles (asbestos, silica), and...
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