A 360 view of the inflammasome: Mechanisms of activation, cell death, and diseases

KC Barnett, S Li, K Liang, JPY Ting - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Inflammasomes are critical sentinels of the innate immune system that respond to threats to
the host through recognition of distinct molecules, known as pathogen-or damage …

Pyroptosis: mechanisms and diseases

P Yu, X Zhang, N Liu, L Tang, C Peng… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Currently, pyroptosis has received more and more attention because of its association with
innate immunity and disease. The research scope of pyroptosis has expanded with the …

Molecular mechanisms and functions of pyroptosis in inflammation and antitumor immunity

J Hou, JM Hsu, MC Hung - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
Canonically, gasdermin D (GSDMD) cleavage by caspase-1 through inflammasome
signaling triggers immune cell pyroptosis (ICP) as a host defense against pathogen …

Inflammasomes as therapeutic targets in human diseases

Y Li, H Huang, B Liu, Y Zhang, X Pan, XY Yu… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Inflammasomes are protein complexes of the innate immune system that initiate
inflammation in response to either exogenous pathogens or endogenous danger signals …

Emerging activators and regulators of inflammasomes and pyroptosis

Y Xue, DE Tuipulotu, WH Tan, C Kay, SM Man - Trends in immunology, 2019 - cell.com
The inflammasome is a cytosolic immune signaling complex that induces inflammation and
pyroptosis. Inflammasome complexes respond to a variety of pathogens, as well as danger …

Diverging inflammasome signals in tumorigenesis and potential targeting

R Karki, TD Kanneganti - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Inflammasomes are molecular platforms that assemble upon sensing various intracellular
stimuli. Inflammasome assembly leads to activation of caspase 1, thereby promoting the …

The molecular machinery of regulated cell death

D Tang, R Kang, TV Berghe, P Vandenabeele… - Cell research, 2019 - nature.com
Cells may die from accidental cell death (ACD) or regulated cell death (RCD). ACD is a
biologically uncontrolled process, whereas RCD involves tightly structured signaling …

Context-dependent functions of pattern recognition receptors in cancer

SM Man, BJ Jenkins - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
The immune system plays a critical role in sha** all facets of cancer, from the early
initiation stage through to metastatic disease and resistance to therapy. Our understanding …

Inflammasomes: mechanism of assembly, regulation and signalling

P Broz, VM Dixit - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2016 - nature.com
Inflammasomes are multiprotein signalling platforms that control the inflammatory response
and coordinate antimicrobial host defences. They are assembled by pattern-recognition …

Inflammatory memory sensitizes skin epithelial stem cells to tissue damage

S Naik, SB Larsen, NC Gomez, K Alaverdyan… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The skin barrier is the body's first line of defence against environmental assaults, and is
maintained by epithelial stem cells (EpSCs). Despite the vulnerability of EpSCs to …