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. 2018 Sep 12;82(4):e00015-18. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00015-18

TABLE 5.

RNA viruses produce PAMPs and DAMPs during infection that activate inflammasomes and other sensors

Virus (type of genome) Inflammasome sensor(s) [activator(s)] [reference(s)]
Chikungunya virus (positive-sense ssRNA) AIM2 (unknown activator) (435)
Dengue virus (positive-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 (K+ efflux, cathepsin B) (436)
Encephalomyocarditis virus (positive-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 (viroporin 2B) (261, 437)
Enterovirus type 71 (positive-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 (3D protein, viroporin 2B) (253, 254, 261), AIM2 (unknown activator) (255)
Hepatitis C virus (positive-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 (viral RNA, protein P7) (239, 257259, 438, 439)
Human immunodeficiency virus (positive-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 (protein R, Tat protein) (239, 240, 243, 244)
Influenza A virus (negative-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 (viral RNA, PB1-F2 peptide, M2) (217223, 225, 232), AIM2 (host cell dsDNA) (233, 234)
Japanese encephalitis virus (positive-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 (ROS, K+ efflux) (440)
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (negative-sense ssRNA) NLRP1 (unknown activator) (441)
Measles virus (negative-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 (unknown activator) (442)
Newcastle disease virus (negative-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 (unknown activator) (443)
Parainfluenza virus type 3 (negative-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 (K+ efflux) (444)
Poliovirus (positive-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 (viroporin 2B) (261)
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (positive-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 (unknown activator) (445, 446)
Rabies virus (negative-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 (unknown activator) (447)
Respiratory syncytial virus (negative-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 (SH viroporin, viral RNA) (182, 260, 448, 449)
Reovirus (dsRNA) NLRP3 (viral RNA) (182)
Rhinovirus (positive-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 and NLRC5 (ion channel protein 2B) (262)
Rotavirus (dsRNA) NLRP9b (dsRNA) (263)
Sendai virus (negative-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 (viral RNA) (222, 450)
Vesicular stomatitis virus (negative-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 (viral RNA) (225, 437, 451)
West Nile virus (positive-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 (unknown activator) (452), AIM2 (unknown activator) (435)
Zika virus (positive-sense ssRNA) NLRP3 (oxidative stress, NS5 protein) (256, 453, 454), AIM2 (unknown activator) (455)