2022
Inflammasome activation in infected macrophages drives COVID-19 pathology
Sefik E, Qu R, Junqueira C, Kaffe E, Mirza H, Zhao J, Brewer JR, Han A, Steach HR, Israelow B, Blackburn HN, Velazquez SE, Chen YG, Halene S, Iwasaki A, Meffre E, Nussenzweig M, Lieberman J, Wilen CB, Kluger Y, Flavell RA. Inflammasome activation in infected macrophages drives COVID-19 pathology. Nature 2022, 606: 585-593. PMID: 35483404, PMCID: PMC9288243, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04802-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammasome activationLung inflammationInflammatory responseInfected macrophagesSARS-CoV-2 infectionHuman macrophagesChronic lung pathologyPersistent lung inflammationSevere COVID-19Immune inflammatory responseInflammatory cytokine productionHumanized mouse modelNLRP3 inflammasome pathwayCOVID-19 pathologyCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2Productive viral cycleHyperinflammatory stateChronic stageIL-18Cytokine productionInflammatory cytokinesLung pathologyInflammasome pathwayInterleukin-1
2010
Influenza virus activates inflammasomes via its intracellular M2 ion channel
Ichinohe T, Pang IK, Iwasaki A. Influenza virus activates inflammasomes via its intracellular M2 ion channel. Nature Immunology 2010, 11: 404-410. PMID: 20383149, PMCID: PMC2857582, DOI: 10.1038/ni.1861.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCarrier ProteinsCells, CulturedCytokinesDendritic CellsGenetic EngineeringGolgi ApparatusHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationIon ChannelsMacrophagesMembrane GlycoproteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMonensinNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinOncogene Proteins, ViralOrthomyxoviridaeOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsPotassium ChlorideProtein TransportProtonsSequence DeletionToll-Like Receptor 7Viral Matrix ProteinsVirus Replication