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Activation of the non-canonical inflammasome in mouse and human cells

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The non-canonical inflammasome is a signaling platform that allows for the detection of cytoplasmic lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in immune and non-immune cells. Upon detection of LPS, this inflammasome activates the signaling proteases caspase-4 and -5 (in humans) and caspase-11 (in mice). Inflammatory caspases activation leads to caspase self-processing and the cleavage of the pore-forming protein Gasdermin D (GSDMD). GSDMD N-terminal fragments oligomerize and form pores at the plasma membranes, leading to an inflammatory form of cell death called pyroptosis. Here, we describe a simple method to activate the non-canonical inflammasome in myeloid and epithelial cells and to measure its activity using cell death assay and immunoblotting.
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1007/978-1-0716-2144-8_5

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Sub department:
Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology
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Publisher:
Humana Press
Pages:
51-63
Series:
Methods in Molecular Biology
Series number:
2459
Place of publication:
New York
Publication date:
2022-01-01
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EISSN:
1940-6029
ISSN:
1064-3745
Pmid:
35212953
EISBN:
9781071621448
ISBN:
9781071621431


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