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SUBMITTER: Cruz CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2693903 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cruz Cristiane M CM Rinna Alessandra A Forman Henry Jay HJ Ventura Ana L M AL Persechini Pedro M PM Ojcius David M DM
The Journal of biological chemistry 20061127 5
Secretion of the proinflammatory cytokines, interleukin (IL)-1beta and IL-18, usually requires two signals. The first, due to microbial products such as lipopolysaccharide, initiates transcription of the cytokine genes and accumulation of the precursor proteins. Cleavage and secretion of the cytokines is mediated by caspase-1, in association with an inflammasome containing Nalp3, which can be activated by binding of extracellular ATP to purinergic receptors. We show that treatment of macrophages ...[more]