Structural mechanisms of NLRP3 inflammasome assembly and activation

J Fu, H Wu - Annual review of immunology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
As an important sensor in the innate immune system, NLRP3 detects exogenous pathogenic
invasions and endogenous cellular damage and responds by forming the NLRP3 …

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 …

Cryo-EM structures of the active NLRP3 inflammasome disc

L Xiao, VG Magupalli, H Wu - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Inflammasomes are cytosolic innate immune complexes that activate caspase-1 following
detection of pathogenic and endogenous dangers,,,–, and NACHT-, leucine-rich repeat …

The NLR gene family: from discovery to present day

WC Chou, S Jha, MW Linhoff, JPY Ting - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
The mammalian NLR gene family was first reported over 20 years ago, although several
genes that were later grouped into the family were already known at that time. Although it is …

Direct pathogen-induced assembly of an NLR immune receptor complex to form a holoenzyme

S Ma, D Lapin, LI Liu, Y Sun, W Song, X Zhang… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Discrimination of self from nonself is pivotal for cellular organisms, as it
allows the perception of pathogenic invaders that might otherwise multiply unchecked and …

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 …

NLRP3 cages revealed by full-length mouse NLRP3 structure control pathway activation

L Andreeva, L David, S Rawson, C Shen, T Pasricha… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Summary The NACHT-, leucine-rich-repeat-(LRR), and pyrin domain-containing protein 3
(NLRP3) is emerging to be a critical intracellular inflammasome sensor of membrane …

The NLRP3 inflammasome: Mechanism of action, role in disease and therapies

L Wang, AV Hauenstein - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
NLRP3 is the best characterized cytosolic nod-like pattern recognition receptor which can
detect microbial motifs, endogenous danger and stress signals. Activation of NLRP3 leads to …

Structure of the NLRP3 decamer bound to the cytokine release inhibitor CRID3

IV Hochheiser, M Pilsl, G Hagelueken, J Moecking… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
NLRP3 is an intracellular sensor protein that when activated by a broad spectrum of
exogenous and endogenous stimuli leads to inflammasome formation and pyroptosis,. The …

Inflammatory caspases: toward a unified model for caspase activation by inflammasomes

C Ross, AH Chan, JB von Pein… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Inflammasomes are inflammatory signaling complexes that provide molecular platforms to
activate the protease function of inflammatory caspases. Caspases-1,-4,-5, and-11 are …