• Molecular tools and model systems for studying inflammasome activation 

      Kim, Haelin (Master thesis, 2019)
      Upon cellular stress or invasion by pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), inflammasomes are activated as an innate immune response, an important host-defense mechanism to resist pathogens. Activation of NLRP3 ...
    • Plasma membrane damage causes NLRP3 activation and pyroptosis during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection 

      Beckwith, Kai Sandvold; Beckwith, Marianne Sandvold; Ullmann, Sindre; Sætra, Ragnhild Sofie Ragnhildstveit; Kim, Haelin; Marstad, Anne; Åsberg, Signe Elisabeth; Strand, Trine Aakvik; Haug, Markus; Niederweis, Michael; Stenmark, Harald Alfred; Flo, Trude Helen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a global health problem in part as a result of extensive cytotoxicity caused by the infection. Here, we show how M. tuberculosis causes caspase-1/NLRP3/gasdermin D-mediated pyroptosis of human ...