Sensing soluble uric acid by Naip1-Nlrp3 platform

Sensing soluble uric acid by Naip1-Nlrp3 platform

Abstract Uric acid (UA), a product of purine nucleotide degradation able to initiate an immune response, represents a breakpoint in the evolutionary history of humans, when uricase, the enzyme required for UA cleavage, was lost. Despite being inert in human cells, UA in its soluble form (sUA) can in...

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Main Authors: Tarcio Teodoro Braga, Mariana Rodrigues Davanso, Davi Mendes, Tiago Antonio de Souza, Anderson Fernandes de Brito, Mario Costa Cruz, Meire Ioshie Hiyane, Dhemerson Souza de Lima, Vinicius Nunes, Juliana de Fátima Giarola, Denio Emanuel Pires Souto, Tomasz Próchnicki, Mario Lauterbach, Stellee Marcela Petris Biscaia, Rilton Alves de Freitas, Rui Curi, Alessandra Pontillo, Eicke Latz, Niels Olsen Saraiva Camara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Cell Death and Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-021-03445-w

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-021-03445-w

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