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NLRP3 inflammasome and its inhibitors: a review
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Inflammasomes are newly recognized, vital players in innate immunity. The best characterized is the NLRP3 inflammasome, so-called because the NLRP3 protein in the complex belongs to the family of nucleotide-binding and oligomerization domain-like receptors (NLRs) and is also known as "pyrin domain-containing protein 3". The NLRP3 inflammasome is associated with onset and progression of various diseases, including metabolic disorders, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, cryopyrin-associated periodic fever syndrome, as well as other auto-immune and auto-inflammatory diseases. Several NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors have been described, some of which show promise in the clinic. The present review will describe the structure and mechanisms of activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome, its association with various auto-immune and auto-inflammatory diseases, and the state of research into NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors.
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“Additionally, it has been demonstrated that NF‐κB–mediated signaling is also involved in the NLRP3 inflammasome activation by regulating the transcription of inflammasome‐related components, including inactive NLRP3, pro‐IL‐1β, and pro‐IL‐18.46”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Shao, B.-Z., Xu, Z.-Q., Han, B.-Z., Su, D.-F., & Liu, C.
- Affiliations
- Second Military Medical University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Liu, Chong
- Venue
- Frontiers in Pharmacology
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2015-11-05
- Volume
- 6
- Pages
- 262-262
- ISSN
- 1663-9812 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4633676
- OpenAlex
- W2137444266
- Cited by
- 836
- References
- 115
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- FWCI
- 4.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Frontiers in Pharmacology (cc-by)
- Funders
- Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (13ZR1448400)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Inflammasome and immune disorders
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune Response and Inflammation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
- Keywords
- NLRP3 inflammasome, inflammasome inhibitors, innate immunity, autoinflammatory disease, autoimmune disease, metabolic disorders, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease
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