Pathogen recognition by intracellular sensors involves the assembly of a caspase-1 activation machine termed the inflammasome. Intracellular pathogens like Francisella that gain access to the cytosolic detection systems are useful tools to uncover the details of caspase-1 activation events. This review overviews Francisella function in the mononuclear phagocyte with particular attention to inflammasome versus pyroptosome roles and outlines differences between mouse and human caspase-1 activation pathways. Specific attention is placed on functional differences between human and murine pyrin as an intracellular recognition molecule for Francisella. © 2011 Gavrilin and Wewers.
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Gavrilin, M. A., & Wewers, M. D. (2011). Francisella recognition by inflammasomes: Differences between mice and men. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2(FEB). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00011
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