Novel extracellular and nuclear caspase-1 and inflammasomes propagate inflammation and regulate gene expression: a comprehensive database mining study

Abstract Background Caspase-1 is present in the cytosol as an inactive zymogen and requires the protein complexes named “inflammasomes” for proteolytic activation. However, it remains unclear whether the proteolytic activity of caspase-1 is confined only to the cytosol where inflammasomes are assemb...

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Main Authors: Luqiao Wang, Hangfei Fu, Gayani Nanayakkara, Yafeng Li, Ying Shao, Candice Johnson, Jiali Cheng, William Y. Yang, Fan Yang, Muriel Lavallee, Yanjie Xu, Xiaoshu Cheng, Hang Xi, Jonathan Yi, Jun Yu, Eric T. Choi, Hong Wang, Xiaofeng Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-11-01
Series:Journal of Hematology & Oncology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13045-016-0351-5