Title : Polyene macrolide antifungal drugs trigger interleukin-1β secretion by activating the NLRP3 inflammasome.

Pub. Date : 2011

PMID : 21625424






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1 All three drugs induced potassium efflux from the cells as a known mechanism for NLRP3 activation but the P2X7 receptor was not required for this process. Potassium NLR family, pyrin domain containing 3 Mus musculus
2 Together, the polyene macrolides amphotericin B, nystatin, and natamycin trigger IL-1beta secretion by causing potassium efflux from which activates the NLRP3-ASC-caspase-1. Potassium NLR family, pyrin domain containing 3 Mus musculus