Jamison J Grailer et al.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 192(12), 5974-5983 (2014-05-06)
The inflammasome is a key factor in innate immunity and senses soluble pathogen and danger-associated molecular patterns as well as biological crystals (urate, cholesterol, etc.), resulting in expression of IL-1β and IL-18. Using a standard model of acute lung injury