Variants of CARD8 in Leishmania guyanensis-cutaneous leishmaniasis and influence of the variants genotypes on circulating plasma cytokines IL-1β, TNFα and IL-8.

ABSTRACT: Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain, leucine-rich repeat-containing protein family (NLR) are intracellular pathogen recognition receptors mediating innate immunity, releasing proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18, and promoting pyroptotic cell death, upon sensing pathogenic or endogenous danger signals. In animal models, NLRP3 inflammasome has a dual role, pathogenic or protective in Leishmania-infection, depending on the Leishmania species and mice strain. Caspase recruitment containing domain 8 (CARD8) is a negative regulator of NLRP3 inflammasome and also an inhibitor of transcription factor NFĸB, a major transcription factor of proinflammatory cytokines. We investigated whether single nucleotide variants in CARD8 may partially explain why only a proportion of individuals comi

SUBMITTER: Sequera HDG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10270566 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature