α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor signaling inhibits inflammasome activation by preventing mitochondrial DNA release.

Lu, Ben

α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor signaling inhibits inflammasome activation by preventing mitochondrial DNA release. [electronic resource] - Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) Aug 2014 - 350-8 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article

1528-3658

10.2119/molmed.2013.00117 doi


Acetylcholine--metabolism
Adenosine Triphosphate--pharmacology
Animals
Carrier Proteins--metabolism
Cells, Cultured
Cholinergic Agonists--pharmacology
Cytokines--metabolism
DNA, Mitochondrial--antagonists & inhibitors
Dendritic Cells
HEK293 Cells
Humans
Lipopolysaccharides--pharmacology
Macrophages
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Knockout
NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein
alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor--genetics