Role of the Inflammasome, IL-1β, and IL-18 in Bacterial Infections

The Inflammasome NLRs in Immunity, Inflammation, and Associated Diseases

(2011) Beckley K. Davis et al.   Annual Review of Immunology

IFI16 Acts as a Nuclear Pathogen Sensor to Induce the Inflammasome in Response to Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Infection

(2011) Nagaraj Kerur et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Pyroptosis: Macrophage Suicide Exposes Hidden Invaders

(2011) Igor E. Brodsky et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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

NLRP4 Negatively Regulates Autophagic Processes through an Association with Beclin1

(2011) N. Jounai et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

The Interaction between IL-18 and IL-18 Receptor Limits the Magnitude of Protective Immunity and Enhances Pathogenic Responses following Infection with Intracellular Bacteria

(2011) P. Ghose 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 NLRC4 inflammasome receptors for bacterial flagellin and type III secretion apparatus

(2011) Yue Zhao et al.   NATURE

Innate immune recognition of bacterial ligands by NAIPs determines inflammasome specificity

(2011) Eric M. Kofoed et al.   NATURE

HMGB1 release by inflammasomes

(2011) Lieselotte Vande Walle et al.   Virulence

Nonresolving Inflammation

(2010) Carl Nathan et al.   CELL

Staphylococcus aureus Evades Lysozyme-Based Peptidoglycan Digestion that Links Phagocytosis, Inflammasome Activation, and IL-1β Secretion

(2010) Takahiro Shimada et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

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

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

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

Listeria monocytogenes is sensed by the NLRP3 and AIM2 inflammasome

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

The Role of Potassium in Inflammasome Activation by Bacteria

(2010) Cecilia S. Lindestam Arlehamn et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

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

Cutting Edge: NLRC5-Dependent Activation of the Inflammasome

(2010) B. K. Davis et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Differential Regulation of Caspase-1 Activation via NLRP3/NLRC4 Inflammasomes Mediated by Aerolysin and Type III Secretion System during Aeromonas veronii Infection

(2010) A. J. McCoy et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Cutting Edge: Caspase-1 Independent IL-1  Production Is Critical for Host Resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Does Not Require TLR Signaling In Vivo

(2010) K. D. Mayer-Barber et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Cutting Edge: Cytosolic Bacterial DNA Activates the Inflammasome via Aim2

(2010) S. E. Warren et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Chlamydial infection of monocytes stimulates IL-1β secretion through activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome

(2010) Ali A. Abdul-Sater et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

PYHIN proteins: center stage in DNA sensing

(2010) Delphine Goubau et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

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

Granuloma Formation and Host Defense in Chronic Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Requires PYCARD/ASC but Not NLRP3 or Caspase-1

(2010) Erin McElvania TeKippe 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

Absent in melanoma 2 is required for innate immune recognition of Francisella tularensis

(2010) J. W. Jones 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

Inflammasome Sensor Nlrp1b-Dependent Resistance to Anthrax Is Mediated by Caspase-1, IL-1 Signaling and Neutrophil Recruitment

(2010) Mahtab Moayeri et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Immunological and Inflammatory Functions of the Interleukin-1 Family

(2009) Charles A. Dinarello   Annual Review of Immunology

Caspase 1–independent activation of interleukin-1β in neutrophil-predominant inflammation

(2009) Monica Guma et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Innate Immunity: Cytoplasmic DNA Sensing by the AIM2 Inflammasome

(2009) Kate Schroder et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Asc and Ipaf Inflammasomes Direct Distinct Pathways for Caspase-1 Activation in Response to Legionella pneumophila

(2009) C. L. Case et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Caspase-1 Mediates Resistance in Murine Melioidosis

(2009) K. Breitbach et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

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

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

AIM2 activates the inflammasome and cell death in response to cytoplasmic DNA

(2009) Teresa Fernandes-Alnemri et al.   NATURE

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

(2009) Veit Hornung et al.   NATURE

Malarial Hemozoin Is a Nalp3 Inflammasome Activating Danger Signal

(2009) Catherine Dostert et al.   PLoS One

Staphylococcus aureus α-Hemolysin Activates the NLRP3-Inflammasome in Human and Mouse Monocytic Cells

(2009) Robin R. Craven et al.   PLoS One

Anthrax Lethal Toxin Induced Lysosomal Membrane Permeabilization and Cytosolic Cathepsin Release Is Nlrp1b/Nalp1b-Dependent

(2009) Kathleen M. Averette et al.   PLoS One

Transepithelial Migration of Neutrophils

(2008) Rachel L. Zemans et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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

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

Silica crystals and aluminum salts activate the NALP3 inflammasome through phagosomal destabilization

(2008) Veit Hornung et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

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

Anthrax lethal toxin and Salmonella elicit the common cell death pathway of caspase-1-dependent pyroptosis via distinct mechanisms

(2008) S. L. Fink et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA