Acid-dependent Interleukin-1 (IL-1) Cleavage Limits Available Pro-IL-1β for Caspase-1 Cleavage*

Background: IL-1β is an inflammatory cytokine that is activated by cleavage of an inactive precursor. Multiple proteases can cleave IL-1β, but their contribution under disease conditions is unknown.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Edye, Michelle E., Brough, David, Allan, Stuart M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4646186/