Sensing and reacting to microbes through the inflammasomes

Pannexin-1-Mediated Intracellular Delivery of Muramyl Dipeptide Induces Caspase-1 Activation via Cryopyrin/NLRP3 Independently of Nod2

(2014) N. Marina-Garcia et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Dependency of Caspase-1 Activation Induced in Macrophages by Listeria monocytogenes on Cytolysin, Listeriolysin O, after Evasion from Phagosome into the Cytoplasm

(2014) H. Hara et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Multiple Nod-Like Receptors Activate Caspase 1 during Listeria monocytogenes Infection

(2014) S. E. Warren et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Generation of aListeriavaccine strain by enhanced caspase-1 activation

(2011) Sarah E. Warren et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Differential Requirements for NAIP5 in Activation of the NLRC4 Inflammasome

(2011) Karla L. Lightfield et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Pathogen Recognition by the Innate Immune System

(2011) Himanshu Kumar et al.   INTERNATIONAL REVIEWS OF IMMUNOLOGY

Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection Triggers Formation of an Interleukin-1β (IL-1β)-processing Inflammasome Complex

(2011) Adel M. Nour et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Autophagy Controls IL-1β Secretion by Targeting Pro-IL-1β for Degradation

(2011) James Harris et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The NLRP3 Inflammasome Is Differentially Activated by Pneumolysin Variants and Contributes to Host Defense in Pneumococcal Pneumonia

(2011) M. Witzenrath et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Escherichia coli Heat-Labile Enterotoxin Promotes Protective Th17 Responses against Infection by Driving Innate IL-1 and IL-23 Production

(2011) C. F. Brereton et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Pannexin-1 Is Required for ATP Release during Apoptosis but Not for Inflammasome Activation

(2011) Y. Qu et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Cutting Edge: Reactive Oxygen Species Inhibitors Block Priming, but Not Activation, of the NLRP3 Inflammasome

(2011) F. Bauernfeind et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

The NLRP3 Inflammasome Contributes to Brain Injury in Pneumococcal Meningitis and Is Activated through ATP-Dependent Lysosomal Cathepsin B Release

(2011) Tobias Hoegen et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Detection of prokaryotic mRNA signifies microbial viability and promotes immunity

(2011) Leif E. Sander et al.   NATURE

China's academic autocracy must go

(2011) Nai-Zhuo Zhao   NATURE

Innate immune recognition of bacterial ligands by NAIPs determines inflammasome specificity

(2011) Eric M. Kofoed et al.   NATURE

Non-canonical inflammasome activation targets caspase-11

(2011) Nobuhiko Kayagaki et al.   NATURE

Caspase-1 Dependent IL-1β Secretion Is Critical for Host Defense in a Mouse Model of Chlamydia pneumoniae Lung Infection

(2011) Kenichi Shimada et al.   PLoS One

Inflammasome-Independent Modulation of Cytokine Response by Autophagy in Human Cells

(2011) Tania O. Crişan et al.   PLoS One

CARD8 and NLRP1 Undergo Autoproteolytic Processing through a ZU5-Like Domain

(2011) Andrea D'Osualdo et al.   PLoS One

Listeria monocytogenes engineered to activate the Nlrc4 inflammasome are severely attenuated and are poor inducers of protective immunity

(2011) J.-D. Sauer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanism of Impaired NLRP3 Inflammasome Priming by Monophosphoryl Lipid A

(2011) C. A. Embry et al.   Science Signaling

A Yersinia Effector with Enhanced Inhibitory Activity on the NF-κB Pathway Activates the NLRP3/ASC/Caspase-1 Inflammasome in Macrophages

(2011) Ying Zheng et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A Novel Role for the NLRC4 Inflammasome in Mucosal Defenses against the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans

(2011) Jeffrey Tomalka et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A Yersinia Effector Protein Promotes Virulence by Preventing Inflammasome Recognition of the Type III Secretion System

(2010) Igor E. Brodsky et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Differential Requirement for Caspase-1 Autoproteolysis in Pathogen-Induced Cell Death and Cytokine Processing

(2010) Petr Broz et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Inflammasomes: current understanding and open questions

(2010) Franz Bauernfeind et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein ESAT-6 is a potent activator of the NLRP3/ASC inflammasome

(2010) Bibhuti B. Mishra et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Inflammasomes as microbial sensors

(2010) Luigi Franchi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Listeria monocytogenes is sensed by the NLRP3 and AIM2 inflammasome

(2010) Sarah Kim et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Clostridium difficile Toxin–Induced Inflammation and Intestinal Injury Are Mediated by the Inflammasome

(2010) Jeffrey Ng et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Cooperation between Multiple Microbial Pattern Recognition Systems Is Important for Host Protection against the Intracellular Pathogen Legionella pneumophila

(2010) K. A. Archer et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Involvement of the AIM2, NLRC4, and NLRP3 Inflammasomes in Caspase-1 Activation by Listeria monocytogenes

(2010) Jianghong Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Redundant roles for inflammasome receptors NLRP3 and NLRC4 in host defense againstSalmonella

(2010) Petr Broz et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Inflammation and Fibrosis during Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection Is Regulated by IL-1 and the NLRP3/ASC Inflammasome

(2010) X. He et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Inflammasome Activation by Adenylate Cyclase Toxin Directs Th17 Responses and Protection against Bordetella pertussis

(2010) A. Dunne et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Pathogenic Vibrio Activate NLRP3 Inflammasome via Cytotoxins and TLR/Nucleotide-Binding Oligomerization Domain-Mediated NF- B Signaling

(2010) C. Toma et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Involvement of Absent in Melanoma 2 in Inflammasome Activation in Macrophages Infected with Listeria monocytogenes

(2010) K. Tsuchiya et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Intestinal macrophages and response to microbial encroachment

(2010) P D Smith et al.   Mucosal Immunology

A role for mitochondria in NLRP3 inflammasome activation

(2010) Rongbin Zhou et al.   NATURE

The AIM2 inflammasome is essential for host defense against cytosolic bacteria and DNA viruses

(2010) Vijay A K Rathinam et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

The AIM2 inflammasome is critical for innate immunity to Francisella tularensis

(2010) Teresa Fernandes-Alnemri et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Influenza virus activates inflammasomes via its intracellular M2 ion channel

(2010) Takeshi Ichinohe et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Caspase-1-induced pyroptosis is an innate immune effector mechanism against intracellular bacteria

(2010) Edward A Miao et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Autophagy proteins regulate innate immune responses by inhibiting the release of mitochondrial DNA mediated by the NALP3 inflammasome

(2010) Kiichi Nakahira et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome by islet amyloid polypeptide provides a mechanism for enhanced IL-1β in type 2 diabetes

(2010) Seth L Masters et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Aspergillus fumigatus Stimulates the NLRP3 Inflammasome through a Pathway Requiring ROS Production and the Syk Tyrosine Kinase

(2010) Najwane Saïd-Sadier et al.   PLoS One

Innate immune detection of the type III secretion apparatus through the NLRC4 inflammasome

(2010) E. A. Miao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pneumolysin Activates the NLRP3 Inflammasome and Promotes Proinflammatory Cytokines Independently of TLR4

(2010) Edel A. McNeela et al.   PLoS Pathogens

An Essential Role for the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Host Defense against the Human Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans

(2009) Amy G. Hise et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Experimental cerebral malaria progresses independently of the Nlrp3 inflammasome

(2009) Thornik Reimer et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

The NLRP3 Inflammasome Mediates In Vivo Innate Immunity to Influenza A Virus through Recognition of Viral RNA

(2009) Irving C. Allen et al.   IMMUNITY

The Intracellular Sensor NLRP3 Mediates Key Innate and Healing Responses to Influenza A Virus via the Regulation of Caspase-1

(2009) Paul G. Thomas et al.   IMMUNITY

Anthrax Lethal Toxin Triggers the Formation of a Membrane-Associated Inflammasome Complex in Murine Macrophages

(2009) A. M. Nour et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Inflammasome recognition of influenza virus is essential for adaptive immune responses

(2009) Takeshi Ichinohe et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Cutting Edge: TNF-  Mediates Sensitization to ATP and Silica via the NLRP3 Inflammasome in the Absence of Microbial Stimulation

(2009) L. Franchi et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Cutting Edge: NF- B Activating Pattern Recognition and Cytokine Receptors License NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation by Regulating NLRP3 Expression

(2009) F. G. Bauernfeind et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Listeria monocytogenes-Infected Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Produce IL-1 , Depending on Listeriolysin O and NLRP3

(2009) K. Meixenberger et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

A Critical Role for Hemolysins and Bacterial Lipoproteins in Staphylococcus aureus-Induced Activation of the Nlrp3 Inflammasome

(2009) R. Munoz-Planillo et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Cutting Edge: Resistance to Bacillus anthracis Infection Mediated by a Lethal Toxin Sensitive Allele of Nalp1b/Nlrp1b

(2009) Jill K. Terra et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

NLRP3 (NALP3, Cryopyrin) Facilitates In Vivo Caspase-1 Activation, Necrosis, and HMGB1 Release via Inflammasome-Dependent and -Independent Pathways

(2009) S. B. Willingham et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Neisseria gonorrhoeae Activates the Proteinase Cathepsin B to Mediate the Signaling Activities of the NLRP3 and ASC-Containing Inflammasome

(2009) Joseph A. Duncan et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Cutting Edge: Candida albicans Hyphae Formation Triggers Activation of the Nlrp3 Inflammasome

(2009) S. Joly et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Activation of the Nlrp3 Inflammasome by Streptococcus pyogenes Requires Streptolysin O and NF- B Activation but Proceeds Independently of TLR Signaling and P2X7 Receptor

(2009) J. Harder et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Cholesterol-dependent cytolysins induce rapid release of mature IL-1β from murine macrophages in a NLRP3 inflammasome and cathepsin B-dependent manner

(2009) Jessica Chu et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

AIM2 recognizes cytosolic dsDNA and forms a caspase-1-activating inflammasome with ASC

(2009) Veit Hornung et al.   NATURE

Syk kinase signalling couples to the Nlrp3 inflammasome for anti-fungal host defence

(2009) Olaf Gross et al.   NATURE

The inflammasome: a caspase-1-activation platform that regulates immune responses and disease pathogenesis

(2009) Luigi Franchi et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Thioredoxin-interacting protein links oxidative stress to inflammasome activation

(2009) Rongbin Zhou et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Malarial Hemozoin Is a Nalp3 Inflammasome Activating Danger Signal

(2009) Catherine Dostert et al.   PLoS One

Caspase-7 Activation by the Nlrc4/Ipaf Inflammasome Restricts Legionella pneumophila Infection

(2009) Anwari Akhter et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Malarial Hemozoin Activates the NLRP3 Inflammasome through Lyn and Syk Kinases

(2009) Marina Tiemi Shio et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Differential requirement for the activation of the inflammasome for processing and release of IL-1  in monocytes and macrophages

(2008) M. G. Netea et al.   BLOOD

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Prevents Inflammasome Activation

(2008) Sharon S. Master et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

ESX-1-dependent cytolysis in lysosome secretion and inflammasome activation during mycobacterial infection

(2008) Ingrid C. Koo et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Function of Nod-like receptors in microbial recognition and host defense

(2008) Luigi Franchi et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

ThePseudomonas aeruginosa TypeIII secretion system plays a dual role in the regulation of caspase-1 mediated IL-1β maturation

(2008) M. Galle et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE

The inflammasome recognizes cytosolic microbial and host DNA and triggers an innate immune response

(2008) Daniel A. Muruve et al.   NATURE

Loss of the autophagy protein Atg16L1 enhances endotoxin-induced IL-1β production

(2008) Tatsuya Saitoh et al.   NATURE

Critical function for Naip5 in inflammasome activation by a conserved carboxy-terminal domain of flagellin

(2008) Karla L Lightfield et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

A NOD2-NALP1 complex mediates caspase-1-dependent IL-1  secretion in response to Bacillus anthracis infection and muramyl dipeptide

(2008) L.-C. Hsu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pseudomonas aeruginosa activates caspase 1 through Ipaf

(2008) E. A. Miao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ATP is released by monocytes stimulated with pathogen-sensing receptor ligands and induces IL-1  and IL-18 secretion in an autocrine way

(2008) A. Piccini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Innate Immune Activation Through Nalp3 Inflammasome Sensing of Asbestos and Silica

(2008) C. Dostert et al.   SCIENCE