Browsing by Subject "Inflammasome"
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An Analysis of Glutathionylation in the Modulation of the Critical Innate Immune Regulators Mal and NEK7
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Biochemistry & Immunology. Discipline of Biochemistry, 2018)Macrophages are critical innate immune cells that sense pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and host-derived damage associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) through specialized Toll-like receptors (TLRs) to maintain ... -
Autophagy and cytokines
(2011)Autophagy is a highly conserved homoeostatic mechanism for the lysosomal degradation of cytosolic constituents, including long-lived macromolecules, organelles and intracellular pathogens. Autophagosomes are formed in ... -
Autophagy in the immune response to tuberculosis: clinical perspectives
(2011)A growing body of evidence points to autophagy as an essential component in the immune response to tuberculosis. Autophagy is a direct mechanism of killing intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis and also acts as a modulator ... -
Characterizing caspase-1 involvement during esophageal disease progression.
(2020)Barrett’s esophagus (BE) is an inflammatory condition and a neoplastic precursor to esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). Inflammasome signaling, which contributes to acute and chronic inflammation, results in caspase-1 activation ... -
Identification of Anticoagulant Properties of Dimethyl Fumarate and 4-Octyl Itaconate via Suppression of the Macrophage Type I Interferon-Tissue Factor Axis
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Biochemistry & Immunology. Discipline of Biochemistry, 2023)The host response to infection is characterized by activation of the innate immune and blood coagulation systems, which collectively detect, neutralize, and prevent dissemination of the invading pathogen, maintaining ... -
The Immunomodulatory Metabolite Itaconate Modifies NLRP3 and Inhibits Inflammasome Activation
(2020)The Krebs cycle-derived metabolite itaconate is highly upregulated in inflammatory macrophages and exerts immunomodulatory effects through cysteine modifications on target proteins. The NLRP3 inflammasome, which cleaves ... -
The Immunomodulatory Metabolite Itaconate Regulates NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation and Type I Interferon Signalling
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Biochemistry & Immunology. Discipline of Biochemistry, 2021)The NLRP3 inflammasome is a multi-protein complex which activates caspase-1 for the cleavage and release of mature IL-1β and IL-18. Caspase-1 also cleaves gasdermin D, driving a process called pyroptosis. Results from ... -
Inflammasome Involvement in Barrett's and Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Biochemistry & Immunology. Discipline of Biochemistry, 2020)Barrett's oesophagus is an inflammatory condition and a neoplastic precursor to oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC). Inflammasome signalling pathways contribute to acute and chronic inflammation, and can be enhanced by obesity. ...