Inflammatory caspases: Key regulators of inflammation and cell death

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 396, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 193-203

  Fernández, Daniel Jiménez ^a,b   Lamkanfi, Mohamed ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Caspase; Infection; Inflammasome; Inflammation; NOD like receptor; Pyroptosis

Indexed keywords

AIM2 PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; CASPASE; CASPASE 11; CASPASE 12; CRYOPYRIN; CYTOKINE; CYTOSOL RECEPTOR; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NLRC4 PROTEIN; NLRP1 PROTEIN; PYRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PYROPTOSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CASPASES; CELL DEATH; CYTOKINES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMASOMES; INFLAMMATION;

EID: 84922470294     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2014-0253     Document Type: Review

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