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Review
. 2014 Dec;25(6):699-706.
doi: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2014.07.020. Epub 2014 Aug 12.

Inflammasome activation and metabolic disease progression

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Inflammasome activation and metabolic disease progression

Hua-Bing Li et al. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 2014 Dec.

Abstract

Innate pattern recognition receptors NLRs are cytosolic sensors that detect endogenous metabolic stress and form a multiprotein complex called the inflammasome, that recruits and activates caspase enzymes mediating the activation of the cytokines IL-1β and IL-18. The innate immune system and metabolic system are evolutionarily conserved, intimately integrated, and functionally dependent. In recent decades, obesity-associated metabolic diseases have been become a worldwide epidemic. Here we review recent evidence that demonstrates the important roles of NLRs and inflammasomes in response to metabolic stress in different tissues.

Keywords: Inflammasomes; Metabolic diseases; NOD-like receptors.

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