151. Oncogenic KrasG12D causes myeloproliferation via NLRP3 inflammasome activation
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Shaima’a Hamarsheh, Lena Osswald, Benedikt S. Saller, Susanne Unger, Donatella De Feo, Janaki Manoja Vinnakota, Martina Konantz, Franziska M. Uhl, Heiko Becker, Michael Lübbert, Khalid Shoumariyeh, Christoph Schürch, Geoffroy Andrieux, Nils Venhoff, Annette Schmitt-Graeff, Sandra Duquesne, Dietmar Pfeifer, Matthew A. Cooper, Claudia Lengerke, Melanie Boerries, Justus Duyster, Charlotte M. Niemeyer, Miriam Erlacher, Bruce R. Blazar, Burkard Becher, Olaf Groß, Tilman Brummer, and Robert Zeiser
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Science - Abstract
Oncogenic Ras mutations are common drivers in myeloid leukemia. Here, the authors show in patient cells and in mice that oncogenic K-Ras activates NLRP3 inflammasome to drive myeloproliferation, which can be reversed by genetic or pharmacologic NLRP3 blockade.
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- 2020
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