In this issue of Immunological Reviews, we explore the intracellular innate immune receptors, characterizing their sensing and signaling pathways and detailing their diverse roles in health and disease.
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intracellular innate immune receptors
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NLRP1, NLRP3, NLRC4, AIM2, and pyrin are described as well-characterized intracellular receptors that form inflammasomes, whereas NLRC1 and NLRC2 are described as NLR family members that do not.
AIM2 is described as a nucleic acid sensor that responds to diverse pathogens, and IRF1-induced GBPs and IRGB10 can rupture bacteria to release ligands sensed by AIM2 and the noncanonical NLRP3 inflammasome.
Some intracellular pattern recognition receptors form inflammasomes that activate caspase-1, process IL-1β and IL-18, and drive pyroptotic cell death.
ZBP1 is described as the innate immune sensor that triggers NLRP3 activation during influenza A virus infection through sensing Z-nucleic acids, and deletion of the Zα2 sensing domain abolishes this NLRP3 activation response.