Caspase 1

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Apoptotic and inflammatory effects induced by different particles in human alveolar macrophages. 
  • Autophagy-dependent metabolic reprogramming sensitizes TSC2-deficient cells to the antimetabolite 6-aminonicotinamide. 
  • Canonical Inflammasomes Drive IFN-γ to Prime Caspase-11 in Defense against a Cytosol-Invasive Bacterium. 
  • Deletion of Cryptococcus neoformans AIF ortholog promotes chromosome aneuploidy and fluconazole-resistance in a metacaspase-independent manner. 
  • Elevated hydrostatic pressure stimulates ATP release which mediates activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome via P2X4 in rat urothelial cells. 
  • Frontline Science: Multiple cathepsins promote inflammasome-independent, particle-induced cell death during NLRP3-dependent IL-1β activation. 
  • Functional genetic screen of human diversity reveals that a methionine salvage enzyme regulates inflammatory cell death. 
  • Granzyme B is inhibited by the cowpox virus serpin cytokine response modifier A. 
  • Guanylate Binding Proteins Regulate Inflammasome Activation in Response to Hyperinjected Yersinia Translocon Components. 
  • Hexa-acylated lipid A is required for host inflammatory response to Neisseria gonorrhoeae in experimental gonorrhea. 
  • Human IL-1 beta processing and secretion in recombinant baculovirus-infected Sf9 cells is blocked by the cowpox virus serpin crmA. 
  • Hydrogen Sulfide Prevents and Partially Reverses Ozone-Induced Features of Lung Inflammation and Emphysema in Mice. 
  • Identification of high caspase-3 mRNA expression as a unique signature profile for extremely old individuals. 
  • Inflammasome activation in multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). 
  • Inhibition of interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme by the cowpox virus serpin CrmA. An example of cross-class inhibition. 
  • Interferon-β therapy against EAE is effective only when development of the disease depends on the NLRP3 inflammasome. 
  • Relationship between methylome and transcriptome in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. 
  • The Chlamydia protease CPAF regulates host and bacterial proteins to maintain pathogen vacuole integrity and promote virulence. 
  • The Mitochondrial Phosphatase PGAM5 Is Dispensable for Necroptosis but Promotes Inflammasome Activation in Macrophages. 
  • The necroptosis adaptor RIPK3 promotes injury-induced cytokine expression and tissue repair. 
  • The potential repertoire of the innate immune system in the bladder: expression of pattern recognition receptors in the rat bladder and a rat urothelial cell line (MYP3 cells). 
  • Viral inhibition of inflammation: cowpox virus encodes an inhibitor of the interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Pang, Herbert, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Shinohara, Mari L., Associate Professor of Immunology, Immunology