ADP-Ribosylation of NLRP3 by <named-content content-type="genus-species">Mycoplasma pneumoniae</named-content> CARDS Toxin Regulates Inflammasome Activity

ABSTRACT The inflammasome is a major regulator of inflammation through its activation of procaspase-1, which cleaves prointerleukin-1β (pro-IL-1β) into its mature form. IL-1β is a critical proinflammatory cytokine that dictates the severity of inflammation associated with a wide spectrum of inflamma...

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Main Authors: Santanu Bose, Jesus A. Segovia, Sudha R. Somarajan, Te-Hung Chang, T. R. Kannan, Joel B. Baseman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2014-12-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02186-14