2020
Guanylate-binding proteins convert cytosolic bacteria into caspase-4 signaling platforms
Wandel MP, Kim BH, Park ES, Boyle KB, Nayak K, Lagrange B, Herod A, Henry T, Zilbauer M, Rohde J, MacMicking JD, Randow F. Guanylate-binding proteins convert cytosolic bacteria into caspase-4 signaling platforms. Nature Immunology 2020, 21: 880-891. PMID: 32541830, PMCID: PMC7381384, DOI: 10.1038/s41590-020-0697-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGuanylate-binding proteinsCaspase-4 activationCaspase-4Human caspase-4Pyroptotic cell deathGram-negative bacteriaCytosolic bacteriaReplicative nicheEvolutionary evidenceIntracellular bacteriaCell deathMultiple antagonistsNeighboring cellsCaspase-11BacteriaAntibacterial defenseBacterial challengeGasderminShigella flexneriProteinDependent pyroptosisActivationPathwayBacterial lipopolysaccharideGBP2
2019
Interferon-induced guanylate-binding proteins: Guardians of host defense in health and disease
Tretina K, Park ES, Maminska A, MacMicking JD. Interferon-induced guanylate-binding proteins: Guardians of host defense in health and disease. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2019, 216: 482-500. PMID: 30755454, PMCID: PMC6400534, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20182031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGuanylate-binding proteinsNumerous host cell typesHost cell typesImportant human diseasesCritical rheostatBasic biologyMicrobial pathogensHost defense activitiesHuman diseasesSimilar functionsCell typesHomeostatic settingsGTPasesInnate immunityDefense activitiesHost defenseInflammatory syndromeNeoplastic diseaseClinical approachTissue damageBacterial infectionsCentral orchestratorDiseaseIFNRheostat
2016
Interferon-induced guanylate-binding proteins in inflammasome activation and host defense
Kim BH, Chee JD, Bradfield CJ, Park ES, Kumar P, MacMicking JD. Interferon-induced guanylate-binding proteins in inflammasome activation and host defense. Nature Immunology 2016, 17: 481-489. PMID: 27092805, PMCID: PMC4961213, DOI: 10.1038/ni.3440.Peer-Reviewed Original Research