Turning Up the Heat: Inflammasome Activation by Fungal Pathogens

Aldo Henrique Tavares; Pedro Henrique Bürgel; Anamélia Lorenzetti Bocca

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004948

Turning Up the Heat: Inflammasome Activation by Fungal Pathogens

PLoS Pathog. 2015 Jul 23;11(7):e1004948. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004948. eCollection 2015 Jul.

Authors

Aldo Henrique Tavares¹, Pedro Henrique Bürgel¹, Anamélia Lorenzetti Bocca¹

Affiliation

¹ Laboratório de Imunologia Aplicada, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Carrier Proteins / metabolism*
Fungi / pathogenicity*
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Humans
Inflammasomes / metabolism*
Interleukin-1beta / metabolism*
Macrophages / microbiology
NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein

Substances

Carrier Proteins
Inflammasomes
Interleukin-1beta
NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein
NLRP3 protein, human

Grants and funding

This work was funded by CNPq and CAPES. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.