Targeted Disruption of Pyrin, the FMF Protein, Causes Heightened Sensitivity to Endotoxin and a Defect in Macrophage Apoptosis

The Inflammasome

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Induction of Apoptotic Program in Cell-Free Extracts: Requirement for dATP and Cytochrome c

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Apoptotic Program, Biochemistry, Medicine +11

A novel heterodimeric cysteine protease is required for interleukin-1βprocessing in monocytes

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Mice deficient for the 55 kd tumor necrosis factor receptor are resistant to endotoxic shock, yet succumb to L. monocytogenes infection

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Inflammation, Cytokine, Immunology +8

Mutation of a new gene encoding a putative pyrin-like protein causes familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome and Muckle–Wells syndrome

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Mendelian Disorder, Disease Mechanism, Genetic Disorder +9