A review on caspases: key regulators of biological activities and apoptosis

G Sahoo, D Samal, P Khandayataray… - Molecular neurobiology, 2023 - Springer
Caspases are proteolytic enzymes that belong to the cysteine protease family and play a
crucial role in homeostasis and programmed cell death. Caspases have been broadly …

The impact of systemic inflammation on Alzheimer's disease pathology

J **e, L Van Hoecke, RE Vandenbroucke - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating age-related neurodegenerative disorder with an
alarming increasing prevalence. Except for the recently FDA-approved Aducanumab of …

Immunological dimensions of neuroinflammation and microglial activation: Exploring innovative immunomodulatory approaches to mitigate neuroinflammatory …

L Fornari Laurindo, J Aparecido Dias… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The increasing life expectancy has led to a higher incidence of age-related
neurodegenerative conditions. Within this framework, neuroinflammation emerges as a …

MCC950 closes the active conformation of NLRP3 to an inactive state

A Tapia-Abellán, D Angosto-Bazarra… - Nature chemical …, 2019 - nature.com
NLRP3 (NOD-like receptor pyrin domain-containing protein 3) is an innate immune sensor
that contributes to the development of different diseases, including monogenic …

NEK7 interacts with NLRP3 to modulate the pyroptosis in inflammatory bowel disease via NF-κB signaling

X Chen, G Liu, Y Yuan, G Wu, S Wang, L Yuan - Cell death & disease, 2019 - nature.com
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is one of the most common diseases in the
gastrointestinal tract related to aberrant inflammation. Pyroptosis, which is characterized by …

NLRP3 inflammasome: Its regulation and involvement in atherosclerosis

Z Hoseini, F Sepahvand, B Rashidi… - Journal of cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Inflammasomes are intracellular complexes involved in the innate immunity that convert
proIL‐1β and proIL‐18 to mature forms and initiate pyroptosis via cleaving procaspase‐1 …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of the NLRP3 inflammasome and macrophage pyroptosis by the p38 MAPK signaling pathway in a mouse model of acute lung injury

D Li, W Ren, Z Jiang, L Zhu - Molecular medicine …, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) is characterized by
uncontrolled progressive lung inflammation. Macrophages serve a key role in the …

Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomal microRNA-182-5p alleviates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury by targeting GSDMD in mice

R Yue, S Lu, Y Luo, J Zeng, H Liang, D Qin… - Cell death …, 2022 - nature.com
Recent evidence indicates that exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)
confer protective effects against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Exosomes are …

Protein corona formation on lipid nanoparticles negatively affects the NLRP3 inflammasome activation

M Debnath, J Forster III, A Ramesh… - Bioconjugate …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The interaction between lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) and serum proteins, giving rise to a
unique identification in the form of the protein corona, has been shown to be associated with …

Artificial sweeteners: history and new concepts on inflammation

AR Basson, A Rodriguez-Palacios, F Cominelli - Frontiers in nutrition, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Since the introduction of artificial sweeteners (AS) to the North American market in the
1950s, a growing number of epidemiological and animal studies have suggested that AS …