Cadmium induces NLRP3 inflammasome-dependent pyroptosis in vascular endothelial cells

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 246, Issue , 2016, Pages 7-16

  Chen, Haiyan ^a   Lu, Yonghui ^b   Cao, Zhengwang ^b   Ma, Qinlong ^b   Pi, Huifeng ^b   Fang, Yiliang ^b   Yu, Zhengping ^b   Hu, Houxiang ^a   Zhou, Zhou ^b  

^a AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NORTH SICHUAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Cardiovascular disease; NLRP3 inflammasome; Pyroptosis; ROS; Vascular endothelial cells

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CRYOPYRIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; INFLAMMASOME; NLRP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROPTOSIS; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CADMIUM; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASPASE 1; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INFLAMMASOMES; PYROPTOSIS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84956636558     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2016.01.014     Document Type: Article

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