Journal
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 73, Issue 16, Pages 3035-3051Publisher
SPRINGER BASEL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2212-3
Keywords
NLR; Inflammasome; Parasites; Protozoa; NOD; NLRP3
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- National Institute of Health [AR056296, CA163507, AI101935]
- American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities
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Nod-like receptors (NLRs) have gained attention in recent years because of the ability of some family members to assemble into a multimeric protein complex known as the inflammasome. The role of NLRs and the inflammasome in regulating innate immunity against bacterial pathogens has been well studied. However, recent studies show that NLRs and inflammasomes also play a role during infections caused by protozoan parasites, which pose a significant global health burden. Herein, we review the diseases caused by the most common protozoan parasites in the world and discuss the roles of NLRs and inflammasomes in host immunity against these parasites.
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