{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Csak T"],"funding":["NIDDK NIH HHS"],"pagination":["133-44"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4158408"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["54(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Unlabelled</h4>The pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and inflammasome activation involves sequential hits. The inflammasome, which cleaves pro-interleukin-1β (pro-IL-1β) into secreted IL-1β, is induced by endogenous and exogenous danger signals. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a toll-like receptor 4 ligand, plays a role in NASH and also activates the inflammasome. In this study, we hypothesized that the inflammasome is activated in NASH by multiple hits involving endogenous and exogenous danger signals. Using mouse models of methionine choline-deficient (MCD) diet-induced NASH and high-fat diet-induced NASH, we found up-regulation of the inflammasome [including NACHT, LRR, and PYD domains-containing protein 3 (NALP3; cryopyrin), apoptosis-associated speck-like CARD-domain c"],"journal":["Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)"],"pubmed_title":["Fatty acid and endotoxin activate inflammasomes in mouse hepatocytes that release danger signals to stimulate immune cells."],"pmcid":["PMC4158408"],"funding_grant_id":["DK32520","P30 DK032520","DK075635","R01 DK075635"],"pubmed_authors":["Ganz M","Kodys K","Szabo G","Csak T","Dolganiuc A","Pespisa J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Fatty acid and endotoxin activate inflammasomes in mouse hepatocytes that release danger signals to stimulate immune cells.","description":"<h4>Unlabelled</h4>The pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and inflammasome activation involves sequential hits. The inflammasome, which cleaves pro-interleukin-1β (pro-IL-1β) into secreted IL-1β, is induced by endogenous and exogenous danger signals. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a toll-like receptor 4 ligand, plays a role in NASH and also activates the inflammasome. In this study, we hypothesized that the inflammasome is activated in NASH by multiple hits involving endogenous and exogenous danger signals. Using mouse models of methionine choline-deficient (MCD) diet-induced NASH and high-fat diet-induced NASH, we found up-regulation of the inflammasome [including NACHT, LRR, and PYD domains-containing protein 3 (NALP3; cryopyrin), apoptosis-associated speck-like CARD-domain c","dates":{"release":"2011-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2011 Jul","modification":"2025-06-28T03:05:08.474Z","creation":"2025-06-28T03:05:08.474Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4158408","cross_references":{"pubmed":["21488066"],"doi":["10.1002/hep.24341"]}}