Inflammasome activation and regulation: toward a better understanding of complex mechanisms

D Zheng, T Liwinski, E Elinav - Cell discovery, 2020 - nature.com
Inflammasomes are cytoplasmic multiprotein complexes comprising a sensor protein,
inflammatory caspases, and in some but not all cases an adapter protein connecting the two …

Autoinflammatory features in gouty arthritis

P Galozzi, S Bindoli, A Doria, F Oliviero… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the panorama of inflammatory arthritis, gout is the most common and studied disease. It is
known that hyperuricemia and monosodium urate (MSU) crystal-induced inflammation …

[HTML][HTML] Cisplatin induces pyroptosis via activation of MEG3/NLRP3/caspase-1/GSDMD pathway in triple-negative breast cancer

H Yan, B Luo, X Wu, F Guan, X Yu, L Zhao… - … Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cisplatin (DDP) was reported to improve pathological complete response (pCR) rates in
triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients, however, the molecular mechanism still …

Emerging role of IL-6 and NLRP3 inflammasome as potential therapeutic targets to combat COVID-19: Role of lncRNAs in cytokine storm modulation

A Paniri, H Akhavan-Niaki - Life sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
The world has witnessed a high morbidity and mortality caused by SARS-CoV-2, and global
death toll is still rising. Exaggerated inflammatory responses are thought to be more …

Recent insights into the regulatory networks of NLRP3 inflammasome activation

ANR Weber, ZA Bittner, S Shankar, X Liu… - Journal of cell …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT The NACHT, LRR and PYD domains-containing protein 3 (NLRP3)
inflammasome is a fascinating cellular machinery endowed with the capacity for rapid …

Roles of microRNA-122 in cardiovascular fibrosis and related diseases

Y Liu, JW Song, JY Lin, R Miao, JC Zhong - Cardiovascular Toxicology, 2020 - Springer
Fibrotic diseases cause annually more than 800,000 deaths worldwide, where of the
majority accounts for cardiovascular fibrosis, which is characterized by endothelial …

Pyroptosis in diabetic nephropathy

A Al Mamun, AA Mimi, Y Wu, M Zaeem, MA Aziz… - Clinica Chimica …, 2021 - Elsevier
Diabetic nephropathy (DN), a sterile inflammatory disease, is a serious complication of
diabetes mellitus. However, recent evidence indicates that pyroptosis, a new term for pro …

Hyperuricemia causes kidney damage by promoting autophagy and NLRP3-mediated inflammation in rats with urate oxidase deficiency

M Wu, Y Ma, X Chen, N Liang, S Qu… - Disease models & …, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
Epidemiological research has shown that elevated serum urate concentration is a risk factor
for the development of kidney disease; however, the mechanisms underlying this process …

Pharmacological targeting of NLRP3 deubiquitination for treatment of NLRP3-associated inflammatory diseases

GM Ren, J Li, XC Zhang, Y Wang, Y Xiao… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Pharmacologically inhibiting nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat-containing
(NLR) family, pyrin domain–containing protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activation results …

LncRNA-antisense non-coding RNA in the INK4 locus promotes pyroptosis via miR-497/thioredoxin-interacting protein axis in diabetic nephropathy

J Wang, SM Zhao - Life sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Aims Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the most frequent complication of diabetes and causes
millions of deaths each year. Finding novel therapy to DN is urgent, which requires a good …