Cytokines in inflammatory disease

S Kany, JT Vollrath, B Relja - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
This review aims to briefly discuss a short list of a broad variety of inflammatory cytokines.
Numerous studies have implicated that inflammatory cytokines exert important effects with …

Inflammasomes in tissue damages and immune disorders after trauma

P Bortolotti, E Faure, E Kipnis - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Trauma remains a leading cause of death worldwide. Hemorrhagic shock and direct injury to
vital organs are responsible for early mortality whereas most delayed deaths are secondary …

Melatonin alleviates acute lung injury through inhibiting the NLRP3 inflammasome

Y Zhang, X Li, JJ Grailer, N Wang… - Journal of pineal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are clinically severe
respiratory disorders, and there are currently no Food and Drug Administration–approved …

Reactive oxygen species at the crossroads of inflammasome and inflammation

A Harijith, DL Ebenezer, V Natarajan - Frontiers in physiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Inflammasomes form a crucial part of the innate immune system. These are multi-protein
oligomer platforms that are composed of intracellular sensors which are coupled with …

Critical role for the NLRP3 inflammasome during acute lung injury

JJ Grailer, BA Canning, M Kalbitz… - The journal of …, 2014 - journals.aai.org
The inflammasome is a key factor in innate immunity and senses soluble pathogen and
danger-associated molecular patterns as well as biological crystals (urate, cholesterol, etc.) …

Inflammatory caspases drive pyroptosis in acute lung injury

B Liu, R He, L Zhang, B Hao, W Jiang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Acute lung injury (ALI), a critical respiratory disorder that causes diffuse alveolar injury leads
to high mortality rates with no effective treatment. ALI is characterized by varying degrees of …

Activation of NLRP3 inflammasome in alveolar macrophages contributes to mechanical stretch-induced lung inflammation and injury

J Wu, Z Yan, DE Schwartz, J Yu, AB Malik… - The Journal of …, 2013 - journals.aai.org
Mechanical ventilation of lungs is capable of activating the innate immune system and
inducing sterile inflammatory response. The proinflammatory cytokine IL-1β is among the …

Processes of sterile inflammation

H Shen, D Kreisel, DR Goldstein - The Journal of Immunology, 2013 - journals.aai.org
Sterile inflammation occurs in acute conditions, such as ischemia reperfusion injury and
crystal-induced arthritis, as well as with chronic diseases, such as particle-induced lung …

[HTML][HTML] New insights into mechanisms controlling the NLRP3 inflammasome and its role in lung disease

D De Nardo, CM De Nardo, E Latz - The American journal of pathology, 2014 - Elsevier
Inflammasomes are large macromolecular signaling complexes that control the proteolytic
activation of two highly proinflammatory IL-1 family cytokines, IL-1β and IL-18. The NLRP3 …

Role of monocytes and macrophages in regulating immune response following lung transplantation

S Chiu, A Bharat - Current opinion in organ transplantation, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Monocytes and macrophages are emerging as key players in mediating both the pathogen
response and sterile lung inflammation, including that arising from barotrauma and ischemia …