Pattern recognition receptors in health and diseases

D Li, M Wu - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021 - nature.com
Pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) are a class of receptors that can directly recognize the
specific molecular structures on the surface of pathogens, apoptotic host cells, and damaged …

Inflammasomes and fibrosis

WJ Zhang, SJ Chen, SC Zhou, SZ Wu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Fibrosis is the final common pathway of inflammatory diseases in various organs. The
inflammasomes play an important role in the progression of fibrosis as innate immune …

A novel defined pyroptosis-related gene signature for predicting the prognosis of ovarian cancer

Y Ye, Q Dai, H Qi - Cell death discovery, 2021 - nature.com
Ovarian cancer (OC) is a highly malignant gynaecological tumour that has a very poor
prognosis. Pyroptosis has been demonstrated in recent years to be an inflammatory form of …

A bibliometric analysis of pyroptosis from 2001 to 2021

D Ma, B Yang, B Guan, L Song, Q Liu, Y Fan… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background Pyroptosis is a new programmed cell death discovered in recent years.
Pyroptosis plays an important role in various diseases. Nevertheless, there are few …

AIM2 in health and disease: Inflammasome and beyond

P Kumari, AJ Russo, S Shivcharan… - Immunological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nucleic acid sensing is a critical mechanism by which the immune system monitors for
pathogen invasion. A set of germline‐encoded innate immune receptors detect microbial …

The role of inflammasomes in vascular cognitive impairment

L Poh, WL Sim, DG Jo, QN Dinh, GR Drummond… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
There is an increasing prevalence of Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI) worldwide, and
several studies have suggested that Chronic Cerebral Hypoperfusion (CCH) plays a critical …

Spotlight on pyroptosis: role in pathogenesis and therapeutic potential of ocular diseases

M Chen, R Rong, X Xia - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2022 - Springer
Pyroptosis is a programmed cell death characterized by swift plasma membrane disruption
and subsequent release of cellular contents and pro-inflammatory mediators (cytokines) …

Inflammasomes: mechanisms of action and involvement in human diseases

D Bulté, C Rigamonti, A Romano, A Mortellaro - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Inflammasome complexes and their integral receptor proteins have essential roles in
regulating the innate immune response and inflammation at the post-translational level. Yet …

Structure, activation and regulation of NLRP3 and AIM2 inflammasomes

M Sharma, E de Alba - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The inflammasome is a three-component (sensor, adaptor, and effector) filamentous
signaling platform that shields from multiple pathogenic infections by stimulating the …

Battle royale: innate recognition of poxviruses and viral immune evasion

H Yu, RC Bruneau, G Brennan, S Rothenburg - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Host pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) sense pathogen-associated molecular patterns
(PAMPs), which are molecular signatures shared by different pathogens. Recognition of …