Mechanisms governing inflammasome activation, assembly and pyroptosis induction

International Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 201-210

  Kesavardhana, Sannula ^a   Kanneganti, Thirumala Devi ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ASC; Caspase 1; Cell death; NLRs; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; CASPASE 4; CASPASE 5; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; PYRIN; AIM2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASE ACTIVATION AND RECRUITMENT DOMAIN; CELL DEATH; CHANNEL GATING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; NERVE DEGENERATION; OLIGOMERIZATION; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PYRIN DOMAIN; PYROPTOSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMASOMES; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; NLR PROTEINS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PYROPTOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85026413851     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxx018     Document Type: Review

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