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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Chan AH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7037238 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of experimental medicine 20200101 1
Specific IL-1 family cytokines are expressed by cells as cytosolic pro-forms that require cleavage for their activity and cellular release. IL-1β, IL-18, and IL-37 maturation and secretion is governed by inflammatory caspases within signaling platforms called inflammasomes. By inducing pyroptosis, inflammasomes can also drive the release of the alarmin IL-1α. Recent advances have transformed our mechanistic understanding of inflammasome signaling, cell death decisions, and cytokine activation an ...[more]