[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms and disease consequences of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

R Loomba, SL Friedman, GI Shulman - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading chronic liver disease worldwide. Its
more advanced subtype, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), connotes progressive liver …

Role of the inflammasome in liver disease

M de Carvalho Ribeiro, G Szabo - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The involvement of inflammasomes in the proinflammatory response observed in chronic
liver diseases, such as alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) and nonalcoholic fatty liver …

NLRP3 inflammasome blockade reduces liver inflammation and fibrosis in experimental NASH in mice

AR Mridha, A Wree, AAB Robertson, MM Yeh… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background & Aims NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activation occurs in
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). We used the first small molecule NLRP3 inhibitor …

Immunology in the liver—from homeostasis to disease

F Heymann, F Tacke - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2016 - nature.com
The liver is a central immunological organ with a high exposure to circulating antigens and
endotoxins from the gut microbiota, particularly enriched for innate immune cells …

Inflammasome activation and function in liver disease

G Szabo, J Petrasek - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2015 - nature.com
Inflammation contributes to the pathogenesis of most acute and chronic liver diseases.
Inflammasomes are multiprotein complexes that can sense danger signals from damaged …

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: emerging molecular targets and therapeutic strategies

G Musso, M Cassader, R Gambino - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2016 - nature.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease—the most common chronic liver disease—encompasses a
histological spectrum ranging from simple steatosis to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) …

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol's effect on host defense

G Szabo, B Saha - Alcohol research: current reviews, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alcohol affects many organs, including the immune system, with even moderate amounts of
alcohol influencing immune responses. Although alcohol can alter the actions of all cell …

[HTML][HTML] The mechanism of NLRP3 inflammasome activation and its pharmacological inhibitors

X Zhan, Q Li, G Xu, X Xiao, Z Bai - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
NLRP3 (NOD-, LRR-, and pyrin domain-containing protein 3) is a cytosolic pattern
recognition receptor (PRR) that recognizes multiple pathogen-associated molecular patterns …

Therapeutic potential of MCC950, a specific inhibitor of NLRP3 inflammasome

H Li, Y Guan, B Liang, P Ding, X Hou, W Wei… - European journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3), an important intracellular pattern recognition receptor,
is a component of the NLRP3 inflammasome along with apoptosis-associated speck-like …

AIM2 inflammasome in infection, cancer, and autoimmunity: Role in DNA sensing, inflammation, and innate immunity

SM Man, R Karki, TD Kanneganti - European journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Recognition of DNA by the cell is an important immunological signature that marks the
initiation of an innate immune response. AIM2 is a cytoplasmic sensor that recognizes …