Article
Deregulated inflammasome signaling in disease.
Immunological reviews - 1 Sept 2011
Lamkanfi Mohamed, Vande Walle Lieselotte, Kanneganti Thirumala-Devi
Abstract excerpt
Inflammasomes are multi-protein complexes that sense microbial molecules and endogenous danger signals in intracellular compartments. Inflammasome assembly results in caspase-1 activation, which in turn drives maturation and secretion of the pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin 1β (IL-1β) and IL-18, and induces pyroptosis to eliminate the infectious agent. The importance of inflammasomes in regulating immune...
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