Targeting the NLRP3 inflammasome in cardiovascular diseases

S Toldo, E Mezzaroma, LF Buckley, N Potere… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
The NACHT, leucine-rich repeat (LRR), and pyrin domain (PYD)-containing protein 3
(NLRP3) inflammasome is an intracellular sensing protein complex that plays a major role in …

[HTML][HTML] ROS systems are a new integrated network for sensing homeostasis and alarming stresses in organelle metabolic processes

Y Sun, Y Lu, J Saredy, X Wang, C Drummer IV, Y Shao… - Redox biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are critical for the progression of cardiovascular diseases,
inflammations and tumors. However, the mechanisms of how ROS sense metabolic stress …

Vascular endothelial cells and innate immunity

Y Shao, J Saredy, WY Yang, Y Sun, Y Lu… - … , and vascular biology, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
In addition to the roles of endothelial cells (ECs) in physiological processes, ECs actively
participate in both innate and adaptive immune responses. We previously reported that, in …

NLRP3 inflammasome in neurological diseases, from functions to therapies

L Song, L Pei, S Yao, Y Wu, Y Shang - Frontiers in cellular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Neuroinflammation has been identified as a causative factor of multiple neurological
diseases. The nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-, leucine-rich repeat-and pyrin …

Inhibition of the NLRP3/IL‐1β axis protects against sepsis‐induced cardiomyopathy

K Busch, M Kny, N Huang, TE Klassert… - Journal of cachexia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Septic cardiomyopathy worsens the prognosis of critically ill patients. Clinical
data suggest that interleukin‐1β (IL‐1β), activated by the NLRP3 inflammasome …

Inflammasomes in the CNS

JG Walsh, DA Muruve, C Power - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2014 - nature.com
Microglia and macrophages in the CNS contain multimolecular complexes termed
inflammasomes. Inflammasomes function as intracellular sensors for infectious agents as …

Noncanonical inflammasome activation of caspase-4/caspase-11 mediates epithelial defenses against enteric bacterial pathogens

LA Knodler, SM Crowley, HP Sham, H Yang… - Cell host & …, 2014 - cell.com
Inflammasome-mediated host defenses have been extensively studied in innate immune
cells. Whether inflammasomes function for innate defense in intestinal epithelial cells, which …

Targeting mitochondrial reactive oxygen species as novel therapy for inflammatory diseases and cancers

X Li, P Fang, J Mai, ET Choi, H Wang… - Journal of hematology & …, 2013 - Springer
There are multiple sources of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the cell. As a major site of
ROS production, mitochondria have drawn considerable interest because it was recently …

The inflammasome promotes adverse cardiac remodeling following acute myocardial infarction in the mouse

E Mezzaroma, S Toldo, D Farkas… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) initiates an intense inflammatory response that promotes
cardiac dysfunction, cell death, and ventricular remodeling. The molecular events underlying …

[HTML][HTML] Uric acid, hyperuricemia and vascular diseases

M Jin, F Yang, I Yang, Y Yin, JJ Luo… - … in bioscience: a …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Uric acid is the product of purine metabolism. It is known that hyperuricemia, defined as high
levels of blood uric acid, is the major etiological factor of gout. A number of epidemiological …