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Review the current molecular understanding of the priming and activation mechanisms that govern the NLRP3 inflammasome complex.

May 19, 2014Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesOpen Access

Mechanism of NLRP3 inflammasome activation

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FSFayyaz S. SutterwalaCedars-Sinai Medical Center SHStefanie HaaskenUniversity of Iowa SCSuzanne L. CasselCedars-Sinai Medical Center

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Review uncovers priming and activation mechanisms of the NLRP3 inflammasome in innate immune cells, highlighting pathways that drive pyroptosis and inflammatory signaling.

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Review the current molecular understanding of the priming and activation mechanisms that govern the NLRP3 inflammasome complex.
Synthesized molecular and immunological literature examining how pathogen- and damage-associated patterns trigger inflammasome signaling.
Evaluated the two-step sequence comprising NLRP3 priming and subsequent macromolecular activation.
NLRP3 acts as an integrative sensor responding to diverse agonists to initiate downstream inflammatory signaling.
Activation induces caspase-1-dependent innate immune responses, drives inflammatory pyroptotic cell death, and modulates adaptive immunity.

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Sutterwala et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0fefd59e54838161fd6ef4 https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.12458

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Review uncovers priming and activation mechanisms of the NLRP3 inflammasome in innate immune cells, highlighting pathways that drive pyroptosis and inflammatory signaling.

Mechanism of NLRP3 inflammasome activation

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