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SUBMITTER: Li X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5493753 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Xuan X Thome Sarah S Ma Xiaodan X Amrute-Nayak Mamta M Finigan Alison A Kitt Lauren L Masters Leanne L James John R JR Shi Yuguang Y Meng Guoyu G Mallat Ziad Z
Nature communications 20170628
Excessive activation of the NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome is involved in many chronic inflammatory diseases, including cardiovascular and Alzheimer's disease. Here we show that microtubule-affinity regulating kinase 4 (MARK4) binds to NLRP3 and drives it to the microtubule-organizing centre, enabling the formation of one large inflammasome speck complex within a single cell. MARK4 knockdown or knockout, or disruption of MARK4-NLRP3 interaction, impairs NLRP3 spatial a ...[more]