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MONTANO ESTRADA, Luis Felipe; FORTOUL VAN DER GOES, Teresa I  y  RENDON HUERTA, Erika Patricia. What are inflammasomes? The NLRP3 as an example. Rev. Fac. Med. (Méx.) [online]. 2017, vol.60, n.1, pp.42-49. ISSN 2448-4865.

One highly common medical malpractice is the undiscriminatory use of inflammation inhibiting drugs. Inflammation is a biological repair process vastly controlled by intracellular complexes known as the inflammasome that act as sensors and mediators of the inflammation process. Inflammasomes are members of the NOD innate immune system family of receptors that consist of 3 closely related subfamilies: nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD), NOD-like receptor CARD domain containing (NLRC), and NOD-like receptor Pyrin domain containing (NLRP); the latter is the most directly related to the inflammasome. There are 14 different NLRPs all of which are activated by exogenous signals through pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) or by endogenous signals via damage-associated molecular patterns, also known as alarmins, are endogenous molecules constitutively available and released upon tissue damage (DAMPs). Once activated, the components of the NLRP inflammasome begin an assembling process that follows a pre-established pattern so a caspase-1 activating complex is formed. This complex activates IL-1b, IL-18 and IL-33 precursors thus favoring the secretion of this cytokines to the extracellular milieu. IL-1 and IL-18 are members of the same cytokine family and their main function is to regulate the innate and adaptive immune response whereas IL-33, also a member of the IL-1 family of cytokines, is considered an alarmin. We emphasize the structure and formation of NLRP3, implicated on a host of inflammatory disorders, with special attention to its participation in Alzheimer´s diseases.

Palabras llave : Inflammasome; NLRP; NOD; PAMPs; DAMPs; alarmins.

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