NLRP3 inflammasome activation in inflammaging.

Latz, Eicke; Duewell, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.smim.2018.09.001

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DZNE-2020-06731

NLRP3 inflammasome activation in inflammaging.

Latz, E. (First author)DZNE* ; Duewell, P.

2018
Elsevier Espa~na Barcelona

Seminars in immunology 40, 61-73 (2018) [10.1016/j.smim.2018.09.001]

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Abstract: The process of aging is associated with the appearance of low-grade subclinical inflammation, termed inflammaging, that can accelerate age-related diseases. In Western societies the age-related inflammatory response can additionally be aggravated by an inflammatory response related to modern lifestyles and excess calorie consumption, a pathophysiologic inflammatory response that was coined metaflammation. Here, we summarize the current knowledge of mechanisms that drive both of these processes and focus our discussion the emerging concept that a key innate immune pathway, the NLRP3 inflammasome, is centrally involved in the recognition of triggers that appear during physiological aging and during metabolic stress. We further discuss how these processes are involved in the pathogenesis of common age-related pathologies and highlight potential strategies by which the detrimental inflammatory responses could be pharmacologically addressed.

Keyword(s): Aging (MeSH) ; Animals (MeSH) ; Cytokines: metabolism (MeSH) ; Humans (MeSH) ; Immunity, Innate (MeSH) ; Inflammasomes: immunology (MeSH) ; Inflammation (MeSH) ; Inflammation Mediators: metabolism (MeSH) ; Life Style (MeSH) ; NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein: metabolism (MeSH) ; Signal Transduction (MeSH) ; Stress, Physiological: immunology (MeSH) ; Cytokines ; Inflammasomes ; Inflammation Mediators ; NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein