Mutation of NLRC4 causes a syndrome of enterocolitis and autoinflammation
Romberg N, Al Moussawi K, Nelson-Williams C, Stiegler AL, Loring E, Choi M, Overton J, Meffre E, Khokha MK, Huttner AJ, West B, Podoltsev NA, Boggon TJ, Kazmierczak BI, Lifton RP. Mutation of NLRC4 causes a syndrome of enterocolitis and autoinflammation. Nature Genetics 2014, 46: 1135-1139. PMID: 25217960, PMCID: PMC4177367, DOI: 10.1038/ng.3066.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDe novo gainFunction mutationsNovo gainNLRC4Caspase-1MutationsElevated levelsAutoinflammatory syndromesPyroptosisCells