SARS-CoV-2 N protein promotes NLRP3 inflammasome activation to induce hyperinflammation

SARS-CoV-2 N protein promotes NLRP3 inflammasome activation to induce hyperinflammation

SARS-CoV-2 infection has been shown to drive NLRP3 inflammasome activation and thereby cytokine storm, but how it does so is unclear. Here the authors show that the viral N protein can bind to NLRP3, resulting in enhanced interaction with ASC and thereby with the NLRP3 inflammasome.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pan Pan, Miaomiao Shen, Zhenyang Yu, Weiwei Ge, Keli Chen, Mingfu Tian, Feng Xiao, Zhenwei Wang, Jun Wang, Yaling Jia, Wenbiao Wang, Pin Wan, Jing Zhang, Weijie Chen, Zhiwei Lei, Xin Chen, Zhen Luo, Qiwei Zhang, Meng Xu, Geng Li, Yongkui Li, Jianguo Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25015-6

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25015-6

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