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. 2008 Nov 25;10(6):228. doi: 10.1186/ar2525

Table 1.

IL-1 blockade in NLR-related disease

Autoinflammatory disease Gene mutated Activator IL-1 antagonist used References
Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS) NALP3 (CIAS1/NLRP3) Anakinra [61-68]
Rilonacept [79]
Familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome (FCAS, FCU) NALP3 (CIAS1/NLRP3) Anakinra [65,69-73]
Rilonacept [79]
Chronic infantile neurological cutaneous and articular syndrome/neonatal onset multisystem inflammatory disease (CINCA/NOMID) [43] NALP3 (CIAS1/NLRP3) Anakinra [69-71]
Rilonacept [79]
Familial Mediteranean fever (FMF) [44] MEFV Anakinra [165-168]
Pyogenic arthritis, pyoderma gangrenosum and acne syndrome (PAPA) PSTPIP1 Anakinra [169,170]
Vitiligo [86] NALP1 (NLRP1) ?
Gout MSU Anakinra [58,59]
Pseudogout CPPD Anakinra [60]
Hyperimmunoglobulin D syndrome (HIDS) Mevalonate kinase Anakinra [166,171]
Systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SoJIA) Anakinra
Rilonacept [79]
Behçet's disease (BD) IL-1β polymorphism Anakinra [172-174]
Schnitzler's syndrome Anakinra [77]
Blau syndrome (BS)/early onset sarcoidosis NOD2 Anakinra [160]
Crohn's disease (CD) NOD2 Anakinra (Ineffective) [158]
Ulcerative colitis (UC) [52,53] MEFV (in a proportion of patients) ?
Other diseases
 Hydatidiform mole [87] NALP7 (NOD12, NLRP7) ?
 Hypertension [54] NALP3 ?
 Asthma [175] NOD1 ?

IL, interleukin; NLR, NOD-like receptor.