A 360 view of the inflammasome: Mechanisms of activation, cell death, and diseases

KC Barnett, S Li, K Liang, JPY Ting - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Inflammasomes are critical sentinels of the innate immune system that respond to threats to
the host through recognition of distinct molecules, known as pathogen-or damage …

Mitochondrial DNA release in innate immune signaling

LE Newman, GS Shadel - Annual Review of Biochemistry, 2023 - annualreviews.org
According to the endosymbiotic theory, most of the DNA of the original bacterial
endosymbiont has been lost or transferred to the nucleus, leaving a much smaller (∼ 16 kb …

Inflammasome: structure, biological functions, and therapeutic targets

Y Dai, J Zhou, C Shi - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Inflammasomes are a group of protein complex located in cytoplasm and assemble in
response to a wide variety of pathogen‐associated molecule patterns, damage‐associated …

Potential roles of inflammasomes in the pathophysiology of Psoriasis: A comprehensive review

A Shahi, S Afzali, A Amirzargar, P Mohaghegh… - Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease whose pathophysiology is attributed to both innate
and adaptive immune cells and molecules. Despite the crucial roles of the immune system in …

Aberrant inflammasome activation as a driving force of human autoimmune skin disease

T Fetter, DM de Graaf, I Claus, J Wenzel - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Autoimmune skin diseases are understood as conditions in which the adaptive immune
system with autoantigen-specific T cells and autoantibody-producing B cells reacting against …

Epigenetic regulation in oral squamous cell carcinoma microenvironment: a comprehensive review

H Mesgari, S Esmaelian, K Nasiri, S Ghasemzadeh… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This comprehensive review focuses on the role of epigenetics in oral
squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), a prevalent type of oral cancer. The review highlights the …

[HTML][HTML] The role of hepatocyte mitochondrial DNA in liver injury

Y Xu, C Chu, Z Shi, J Zhang - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Hepatocytes, the predominant cellular constituents of the liver, exhibit the highest
mitochondrial density within the human body. Remarkably, experimental insights from the …

Assembly mechanism of the inflammasome sensor AIM2 revealed by single molecule analysis

M Sharma, E de Alba - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Pathogenic dsDNA prompts AIM2 assembly leading to the formation of the inflammasome, a
multimeric complex that triggers the inflammatory response. The recognition of foreign …

Structural mechanism of dsDNA recognition by the hMNDA HIN domain: New insights into the DNA-binding model of a PYHIN protein

Y Li, C Zhang, A Samad, P Zheng, Y Li, F Chen… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The hematopoietic interferon-inducible nuclear (HIN) domain of the PYHIN family of proteins
recognizes double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) through different dsDNA-binding modes. These …

The CARD8 inflammasome in HIV infection

KM Clark, P Pal, JG Kim, Q Wang, L Shan - Advances in Immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
The biggest challenge to immune control of HIV infection is the rapid within-host viral
evolution, which allows selection of viral variants that escape from T cell and antibody …