The inflammasome: a danger sensing complex triggering innate immunity

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 615-622

  Pétrilli, Virginie ^a   Dostert, Catherine ^a   Muruve, Daniel A ^b   Tschopp, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; MURAMYL DIPEPTIDE; URATE;

ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASPASES; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; RECEPTORS, PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 36849045915     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2007.09.002     Document Type: Review

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