Innate immunity: the first line of defense against SARS-CoV-2

MS Diamond, TD Kanneganti - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2, continues to cause substantial morbidity …

Inflammation and atherosclerosis: signaling pathways and therapeutic intervention

P Kong, ZY Cui, XF Huang, DD Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory vascular disease driven by traditional and
nontraditional risk factors. Genome-wide association combined with clonal lineage tracing …

NLRP3 inflammasome activation and cell death

Y Huang, W Xu, R Zhou - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2021 - nature.com
The NLRP3 inflammasome is a cytosolic multiprotein complex composed of the innate
immune receptor protein NLRP3, adapter protein ASC, and inflammatory protease caspase …

Necroptosis, pyroptosis and apoptosis: an intricate game of cell death

D Bertheloot, E Latz, BS Franklin - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2021 - nature.com
Cell death is a fundamental physiological process in all living organisms. Its roles extend
from embryonic development, organ maintenance, and aging to the coordination of immune …

AIM2 forms a complex with pyrin and ZBP1 to drive PANoptosis and host defence

SJ Lee, R Karki, Y Wang, LN Nguyen, RC Kalathur… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Inflammasomes are important sentinels of innate immune defence, sensing pathogens and
inducing cell death in infected cells. There are several inflammasome sensors that each …

NLRP3 inflammasome in cancer and metabolic diseases

BR Sharma, TD Kanneganti - Nature immunology, 2021 - nature.com
The NLRP3 inflammasome is a multimeric cytosolic protein complex that assembles in
response to cellular perturbations. This assembly leads to the activation of caspase-1, which …

An update on the regulatory mechanisms of NLRP3 inflammasome activation

S Paik, JK Kim, P Silwal, C Sasakawa… - Cellular & molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The NOD-, LRR-, and pyrin domain-containing protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome is
a multiprotein complex involved in the release of mature interleukin-1β and triggering of …

ZBP1-dependent inflammatory cell death, PANoptosis, and cytokine storm disrupt IFN therapeutic efficacy during coronavirus infection

R Karki, SJ Lee, R Mall, N Pandian, Y Wang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), continues to cause substantial morbidity and …

ADAR1 restricts ZBP1-mediated immune response and PANoptosis to promote tumorigenesis

R Karki, B Sundaram, BR Sharma, SJ Lee… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Cell death provides host defense and maintains homeostasis. Zα-containing molecules are
essential for these processes. Z-DNA binding protein 1 (ZBP1) activates inflammatory cell …

The 'cytokine storm': molecular mechanisms and therapeutic prospects

R Karki, TD Kanneganti - Trends in immunology, 2021 - cell.com
Cytokine storm syndrome (CSS) has generally been described as a collection of clinical
manifestations resulting from an overactivated immune system. Cytokine storms (CSs) are …