2020
Advances in Disease Mechanisms and Translational Technologies: Clinicopathologic Significance of Inflammasome Activation in Autoimmune Diseases
Kahlenberg JM, Kang I. Advances in Disease Mechanisms and Translational Technologies: Clinicopathologic Significance of Inflammasome Activation in Autoimmune Diseases. Arthritis & Rheumatology 2020, 72: 386-395. PMID: 31562704, PMCID: PMC7050400, DOI: 10.1002/art.41127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPattern recognition receptorsInflammasome activationRheumatic diseasesAutoimmune diseasesIL-18IL-1βClinicopathologic significanceProcaspase-1Damage-associated molecular patternsSystemic lupus erythematosusAdaptive immune pathwaysCrystal-induced arthropathiesCytokines IL-1βDevelopment of inflammationLocal inflammatory responseHost immune responsePrimary target organActive IL-1βActive caspase-1Inflammatory damageLupus erythematosusImmune toleranceRheumatoid arthritisSjögren's syndromePathogenic role
2018
Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Regulates U1 Small Nuclear RNP Immune Complex–Mediated Activation of the NLRP3 Inflammasome
Shin MS, Kang Y, Wahl ER, Park HJ, Lazova R, Leng L, Mamula M, Krishnaswamy S, Bucala R, Kang I. Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Regulates U1 Small Nuclear RNP Immune Complex–Mediated Activation of the NLRP3 Inflammasome. Arthritis & Rheumatology 2018, 71: 109-120. PMID: 30009530, PMCID: PMC6310104, DOI: 10.1002/art.40672.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntigen-Antibody ComplexAutoantibodiesBlotting, WesternCARD Signaling Adaptor ProteinsEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFlow CytometryHumansInflammasomesInterleukin-1betaIntramolecular OxidoreductasesMacrophage Migration-Inhibitory FactorsMass SpectrometryMonocytesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinReceptors, ImmunologicRibonucleoprotein, U1 Small NuclearConceptsMacrophage migration inhibitory factorSystemic lupus erythematosusMigration inhibitory factorNLRP3 inflammasome activationImmune complexesIL-1βNLRP3 inflammasomeHuman monocytesInflammasome activationExpression of MIFProduction of MIFInhibitory factorCaspase-1IL-1β levelsIL-1β productionEnzyme-linked immunosorbentQuantitative polymerase chain reactionHigh expression alleleLupus patientsMIF productionMIF receptorInflammatory characteristicsLupus erythematosusInterleukin-1βPolymerase chain reaction