title: NLRP1 joins the dark side?
abstract: NLRP1 has long remained an elusive member of the NOD-like-receptor family of innate immune sensors. In this issue of Immunity, Masters et al. (2012) describe its role in immune responses to stress and infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
authors.forename: Marcel R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: de Zoete
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Flavell