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Multiple Cathepsins Promote Pro-IL-1β Synthesis and NLRP3-Mediated IL-1β Activation.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Aug 2015
Orlowski Gregory M, Colbert Jeff D, Sharma Shruti, Bogyo Matthew, Robertson Stephanie A, Rock Kenneth L
Abstract excerpt
Sterile particles induce robust inflammatory responses that underlie the pathogenesis of diseases like silicosis, gout, and atherosclerosis. A key cytokine mediating this response is IL-1β. The generation of bioactive IL-1β by sterile particles is mediated by the NOD-like receptor containing a pyrin domain 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome, although exactly how this occurs is incompletely resolved. Prior studies have found...
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