Kaposi sarcoma

E Cesarman, B Damania, SE Krown, J Martin… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Kaposi sarcoma (KS) gained public attention as an AIDS-defining malignancy; its
appearance on the skin was a highly stigmatizing sign of HIV infection during the height of …

Pyroptotic cell death defends against intracellular pathogens

I Jorgensen, EA Miao - Immunological reviews, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Inflammatory caspases play a central role in innate immunity by responding to cytosolic
signals and initiating a twofold response. First, caspase‐1 induces the activation and …

Viral evasion of intracellular DNA and RNA sensing

YK Chan, MU Gack - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2016‏ - nature.com
The co-evolution of viruses with their hosts has led to the emergence of viral pathogens that
are adept at evading or actively suppressing host immunity. Pattern recognition receptors …

Molecular mechanisms of viral oncogenesis in humans

NA Krump, J You - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018‏ - nature.com
Viral infection is a major contributor to the global cancer burden. Recent advances have
revealed that seven known oncogenic viruses promote tumorigenesis through shared host …

The cGAS-STING defense pathway and its counteraction by viruses

Z Ma, B Damania - Cell host & microbe, 2016‏ - cell.com
Upon virus infection, host cells mount a concerted innate immune response involving type I
interferon and pro-inflammatory cytokines to enable elimination of the pathogen. Recently …

Human viral oncogenesis: a cancer hallmarks analysis

EA Mesri, MA Feitelson, K Munger - Cell host & microbe, 2014‏ - cell.com
Approximately 12% of all human cancers are caused by oncoviruses. Human viral
oncogenesis is complex, and only a small percentage of the infected individuals develop …

Inflammasomes in health and disease

T Strowig, J Henao-Mejia, E Elinav, R Flavell - nature, 2012‏ - nature.com
Inflammasomes are a group of protein complexes built around several proteins, including
NLRP3, NLRC4, AIM2 and NLRP6. Recognition of a diverse range of microbial, stress and …

HBV inhibits LPS-induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation and IL-1β production via suppressing the NF-κB pathway and ROS production

X Yu, P Lan, X Hou, Q Han, N Lu, T Li, C Jiao… - Journal of …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Background & Aims Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has developed strategies to evade immune
responses. However, the mechanisms involved remain unclear. The NLRP3 inflammasome …

Regulation of inflammasome signaling

VAK Rathinam, SK Vanaja, KA Fitzgerald - Nature immunology, 2012‏ - nature.com
Innate immune responses have the ability to both combat infectious microbes and drive
pathological inflammation. Inflammasome complexes are a central component of these …

Inflammasomes and their roles in health and disease

M Lamkanfi, VM Dixit - Annual review of cell and developmental …, 2012‏ - annualreviews.org
Inflammasomes are a set of intracellular protein complexes that enable autocatalytic
activation of inflammatory caspases, which drive host and immune responses by releasing …