Inflammasomes: Guardians of cytosolic sanctity

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-105

  Lamkanfi, Mohamed ^a   Dixit, Vishva M ^a  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

ASC; Caspase 1; Cryopyrin; Inflammasome; IPAF; NLR

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CRYOPYRIN; ENZYME PRECURSOR; FLAGELLIN; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LIKE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN IPAF; PROTEIN NALP1B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIC ACID;

ANTHRAX; AUTOINFLAMMATORY DISEASE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CINCA SYNDROME; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAMILIAL COLD AUTOINFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MUCKLE WELLS SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; TULAREMIA;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CARD SIGNALING ADAPTOR PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASPASE 1; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 58049202273     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2008.00730.x     Document Type: Review

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