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 …

Drugging the NLRP3 inflammasome: from signalling mechanisms to therapeutic targets

L Vande Walle, M Lamkanfi - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
Diseases associated with chronic inflammation constitute a major health burden across the
world. As central instigators of the inflammatory response to infection and tissue 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 …

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 …

Pharmacological inhibition of the NLRP3 inflammasome: structure, molecular activation, and inhibitor-NLRP3 interaction

Q Ma - Pharmacological reviews, 2023 - ASPET
The nucleotide-binding, oligomerization domain-like receptor family pyrin domain containing
3 (NLRP3) inflammasome is a multiprotein complex that combines sensing, regulation, and …

The role of inflammasomes in human diseases and their potential as therapeutic targets

J Yao, K Sterling, Z Wang, Y Zhang… - Signal Transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Inflammasomes are large protein complexes that play a major role in sensing inflammatory
signals and triggering the innate immune response. Each inflammasome complex has three …

Mechanistic insights from inflammasome structures

J Fu, K Schroder, H Wu - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
Inflammasomes are supramolecular complexes that form in the cytosol in response to
pathogen-associated and damage-associated stimuli, as well as other danger signals that …

Uncoupled pyroptosis and IL-1β secretion downstream of inflammasome signaling

Y Li, Q Jiang - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Inflammasomes are supramolecular platforms that organize in response to various damage-
associated molecular patterns and pathogen-associated molecular patterns. Upon …

ZDHHC5-mediated NLRP3 palmitoylation promotes NLRP3-NEK7 interaction and inflammasome activation

S Zheng, X Que, S Wang, Q Zhou, X Xing, L Chen… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
The nucleotide-binding domain (NBD), leucine-rich repeat (LRR), and pyrin domain (PYD)-
containing protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome is a critical mediator of the innate immune …

ATP-binding and hydrolysis of human NLRP3

R Brinkschulte, DM Fußhöller, F Hoss… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
The innate immune system uses inflammasomal proteins to recognize danger signals and
fight invading pathogens. NLRP3, a multidomain protein belonging to the family of STAND …