Karen O’Rourke

Caspase-11 cleaves gasdermin D for non-canonical inflammasome signalling

Nobuhiko Kayagaki, Irma B. Stowe, Bettina L. Lee et al. · Nature · 2015 · 3.7K citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Immunology +13

FLICE, A Novel FADD-Homologous ICE/CED-3–like Protease, Is Recruited to the CD95 (Fas/APO-1) Death-Inducing Signaling Complex

Marta Muzio, Arul M. Chinnaiyan, Frank Kischkel et al. · Cell · 1996 · 3.1K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +14

Cryopyrin activates the inflammasome in response to toxins and ATP

Sanjeev Mariathasan, David S. Weiss, Kim Newton et al. · Nature · 2006 · 3K citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +7

FADD, a novel death domain-containing protein, interacts with the death domain of fas and initiates apoptosis

Arul M. Chinnaiyan, Karen O’Rourke, Muneesh Tewari et al. · Cell · 1995 · 2.4K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +14

Yama/CPP32β, a mammalian homolog of CED-3, is a CrmA-inhibitable protease that cleaves the death substrate poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase

Muneesh Tewari, Long T. Quan, Karen O’Rourke et al. · Cell · 1995 · 2.4K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +15