title: Mechanisms of inflammation in gout.
abstract: An acute attack of gout is a paradigm of acute sterile inflammation, as opposed to pyogenic inflammation. Recent studies suggest that the triggering of IL-1beta release from leucocytes lies at the heart of a cascade of processes that involves multiple cytokines and mediators. The NLRP3 inflammasome appears to have a specific role in this regard, but the biochemical events leading to its activation are still not well understood. We review the known mechanisms that underlie the inflammatory process triggered by urate crystals and suggest areas that require further research.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rheumatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Université de Lausanne, Avenue Pierre Decker, 1011 Lausanne, Suisse.
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Busso
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: So
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / Q000276:immunology; D003460:Crystallization; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006073:Gout / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D053583:Interleukin-1beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D000071199:NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein; D010587:Phagocytosis; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D053583:Interleukin-1beta; D000071199:NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein; C453881:NLRP3 protein, human; D014527:Uric Acid