Detecting "different": Pyrin senses modified GTPases

Marcel R de Zoete, Richard A Flavell

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Abstract

Pathogenic bacteria secrete effector proteins that target host cell Rho GTPases to manipulate the actin cytoskeleton. A recent study in Nature identifies the Pyrin inflammasome as a sensor of this pathogenic process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1286-7
Number of pages2
JournalCell Research
Volume24
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Animals
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins/metabolism
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Innate/immunology
  • Inflammasomes/metabolism
  • rho GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism

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