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Syk kinase signalling couples to the Nlrp3 inflammasome for anti-fungal host defence

Syk kinase signalling couples to the Nlrp3 inflammasome for anti-fungal host defence Immunocompromised individuals are at high risk from fungal infection, yet the molecular mechanisms that govern host defence against fungi are not well understood. Gross et al. now show that Candida albicans infection in mice activates the NALP3 inflammasome via a mechanism involving Sky-induced production of reactive oxygen induced by the tyrosine kinase Syk. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nature Springer Journals

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2009 by Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved
Subject
Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary; Science, multidisciplinary
ISSN
0028-0836
eISSN
1476-4687
DOI
10.1038/nature07965
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Abstract

Immunocompromised individuals are at high risk from fungal infection, yet the molecular mechanisms that govern host defence against fungi are not well understood. Gross et al. now show that Candida albicans infection in mice activates the NALP3 inflammasome via a mechanism involving Sky-induced production of reactive oxygen induced by the tyrosine kinase Syk.

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NatureSpringer Journals

Published: Apr 1, 2009

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