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Current knowledge on procaspase-1 variants with reduced or abrogated enzymatic activity in autoinflammatory disease.
Current rheumatology reports - 1 Jul 2015
Luksch Hella, Winkler Stefan, Heymann Michael C, Schulze Felix, Hofmann Sigrun R, Roesler Joachim, Rösen-Wolff Angela
Abstract excerpt
Caspase-1 is a proinflammatory enzyme that is essential in many inflammatory conditions including infectious, autoimmune, and autoinflammatory disorders. The inflammation is mainly mediated by the generation of inflammasomes that activate caspase-1 and subsequently interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-18. In addition, homotypic CARD/CARD interaction of procaspase-1 with RIP2 and thereby activation of the NF-κB pathways may...
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