The NLRP1 inflammasomes

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 22-34

  Chavarría Smith, Joseph ^a   Vance, Russell E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caspase 1; Inflammasome; Innate immunity; Lethal toxin; NLRP1

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; CRYOPYRIN; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; VIRUS PROTEIN; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN SIGNALING PROTEIN; NEURONAL APOPTOSIS INHIBITORY PROTEIN; NLRC4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NLRP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; APOPTOSIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION; METABOLISM;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CARD SIGNALING ADAPTOR PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, ACTIVE; INFECTION; INFLAMMASOMES; NEURONAL APOPTOSIS-INHIBITORY PROTEIN;

EID: 84927731456     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imr.12283     Document Type: Review

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