This work was supported by grants from 100 Talent Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.91029707,31170868,812111134,and 31100622);SASIBS Scholarship Program,Chinese Post-doctoral Science Foundation(No.20110490752);Post-doctoral research foundation of Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences(No.2011KIP513);the National Science and Technology Key Project(No.2012ZX10002007-003);as well as the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams.
SIGNAL 1 ALONE IS ENOUGH TO ACTIVATE THE NLRP3 INFLAMMAOSME IN HUMAN CELLS According to our current understanding,the NLR family,pyrin domain containing 3(NLRP3)infl ammasome activation is generally a two-step process...
the National Basic Research Program(973 Program)(No.2013CB530504);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31230024,31030029,31100662,91029707 and 31170868);the Shanghai Natural Science Foundation(No.11ZR1442600);the National Ministry of Sci-ence and Technology(No.2007DFC31700);the National Science and Technology Major Project(Nos.2008ZX10004-002,2008ZX10002-014,2009ZX10004-105,2009ZX10004-016,2011ZX10004-001 and 2012ZX10002007);the Shanghai Pasteur Health Research Foundation(SPHRF2008001 and SPHRF2009001);the Novo Nordisk-CAS Research Foundation,the SA-SIBS Discovery Innovation Grant,the Li Kha Shing Foundation,and the 100 Talent Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(to G.M.).
Infl ammasome is a large protein complex activated upon cellular stress or microbial infection,which triggers maturation of pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-1βand interleukin-18 through caspase-1 activation.Nod...
supported by grants from 100 Talent Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.91029707,31170868,812111134,and 31100622);Shanghai Natural Science foundation(11ZR1442600);Novo Nordisk-CAS Research Foundation(NN-CAS-2010-5(SIBS));SASIBS Scholarship Program,Chinese Post-doctoral Science Foundation(20110490752);Post-doctoral research foundation of Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences(2011KIP513);grants for excellent scientist from Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of China.
Pannexin-1(Panx1)forms nonselective large channel in cell plasma membrane and has been shown to be associated with NLRP3 inflammasome activation,ATP release and phagocytes recruitment.In the current study,by manipulat...