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Gain-of-function Pyrin mutations induce NLRP3 protein-independent interleukin-1β activation and severe autoinflammation in mice.
Immunity - 27 May 2011
Chae Jae Jin, Cho Young-Hun, Lee Geun-Shik, Cheng Jun, Liu P Paul, Feigenbaum Lionel, Katz Stephen I, Kastner Daniel L
Abstract excerpt
Missense mutations in the C-terminal B30.2 domain of pyrin cause familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), the most common Mendelian autoinflammatory disease. However, it remains controversial as to whether FMF is due to the loss of an inhibitor of inflammation or to the activity of a proinflammatory molecule. We generated both pyrin-deficient mice and "knockin" mice harboring mutant human B30.2 domains. Homozygous...
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