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The DNA-sensing AIM2 inflammasome controls radiation-induced cell death and tissue injury
Hu B, Jin C, Li HB, Tong J, Ouyang X, Cetinbas NM, Zhu S, Strowig T, Lam FC, Zhao C, Henao-Mejia J, Yilmaz O, Fitzgerald KA, Eisenbarth SC, Elinav E, Flavell RA. The DNA-sensing AIM2 inflammasome controls radiation-induced cell death and tissue injury. Science 2016, 354: 765-768. PMID: 27846608, PMCID: PMC5640175, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf7532.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell deathDNA sensor AIM2New therapeutic targetsCaspase-1-dependent deathIntestinal epithelial cellsBone marrow cellsGastrointestinal syndromeTissue injuryInflammasome activationGastrointestinal tractRadiation-induced cell deathRadiation-induced DNA damageTherapeutic targetAcute exposureBone marrowChemotherapeutic agentsMarrow cellsRadiation exposureAIM2Massive cell deathEpithelial cellsHematopoietic failureDeathMolecular mechanismsDNA damage
2014
Immune Chaperone gp96 Drives the Contributions of Macrophages to Inflammatory Colon Tumorigenesis
Morales C, Rachidi S, Hong F, Sun S, Ouyang X, Wallace C, Zhang Y, Garret-Mayer E, Wu J, Liu B, Li Z. Immune Chaperone gp96 Drives the Contributions of Macrophages to Inflammatory Colon Tumorigenesis. Cancer Research 2014, 74: 446-459. PMID: 24322981, PMCID: PMC4002507, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-13-1677.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBone Marrow CellsCell Transformation, NeoplasticColitisColonColonic NeoplasmsCrosses, GeneticCytokinesDisease ProgressionDNA RepairGene DeletionGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticInflammationInterleukin-17Interleukin-23MacrophagesMaleMembrane GlycoproteinsMiceMice, KnockoutMucous MembraneConceptsDNA repair machineryDNA repair pathwaysColon tumorigenesisTumor-associated macrophagesRepair machineryRepair pathwaysOncogenic programEndoplasmic reticulumMutation rateChaperone gp96Β-cateninColon cancerMechanistic underpinningsCellular sitesTumorigenesisReduced expressionEpithelial cellsGenotoxic natureToll-like receptorsInflammation-associated colon cancerImportant driverGp96Inflammation-associated colon tumorigenesisCritical inflammatory cytokinesExpression