
PMC:7103735 / 44837-45706
Annnotations
LitCovid-PD-FMA-UBERON
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LitCovid-PD-MONDO
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LitCovid-PD-CLO
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LitCovid-PD-CHEBI
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LitCovid-PD-GO-BP
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LitCovid-sentences
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LitCovid-PD-HP
{"project":"LitCovid-PD-HP","denotations":[{"id":"T33","span":{"begin":844,"end":850},"obj":"Phenotype"}],"attributes":[{"id":"A33","pred":"hp_id","subj":"T33","obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002664"}],"text":"A working model of SARS-CoV-induced inflammasome activation. SARS-CoV can activate both signal 1 (priming) and signal 2 (activation). Upregulation of pro-IL-1β transcription is achieved by NF-κB activation. Two mechanisms of IL-1β maturation have been proposed. In the first model, potassium ion efflux is promoted by ORF3a and E proteins, leading to NLRP3 inflammasome assembly. Alternatively, ORF3a promotes ASC ubiquitination and consequent assembly of inflammasome. ORG8b interacts with and activates NLRP3. Activation of inflammasome leads to proteolytic cleavage of pro-caspase 1 and pro-IL-1β. ASC, apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD. CASP1, caspase 1. IKK, IκB kinase. IL-1, interleukin-1. LPS, lipopolysaccharides. NLRP3, NACHT, LRR, and PYD domains-containing protein 3. NEMO, NF-κB essential modulator. TNF-α, tumour necrosis factor α."}
LitCovid-PubTator
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