The goldilocks conundrum: NLR inflammasome modulation of gastrointestinal inflammation during inflammatory bowel disease

Critical Reviews in Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 283-314

  Ringel Scaia, Veronica M ^a   McDaniel, Dylan K ^b   Allen, Irving C ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colon; Immune system; Microbiome; Nod like receptor; Pattern recognition receptor

Indexed keywords

AIM2 PROTEIN; CASPASE; CRYOPYRIN; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; NLRC4 PROTEIN; NLRP1 PROTEIN; NLRP6 PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LIKE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT PROTEINS; PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; COLITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTESTINE FLORA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMASOMES; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; NLR PROTEINS; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 85014045911     PISSN: 10408401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevImmunol.2017019158     Document Type: Article

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