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. 2021 Jan 19;6:23. doi: 10.1038/s41392-020-00384-4

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

The role BRD4 in regulating the NLRP3 pathway in inflammation and pyroptosis. a In TNF-primed rat nucleus pulposus cells, in which monosodium urate induced acute gouty arthritis, and middle cerebral artery occlusion induced glial activation, BRD4 inhibits RELA-mediated NLRP3 transcription and subsequent CASP1-dependent inflammasome activation. b In renal cell carcinoma tissues and cells, BRD4 is required for RELA-mediated NLRP3 transcription and subsequent CASP1-dependent inflammasome activation and GSDMD-mediated pyroptosis. Abbreviations: BETi, bromodomain and extraterminal inhibitor; BRD4, bromodomain containing 4; CASP1, caspase 1; GSDMD, gasdermin D; GSDMD-NT, gasdermin D N-terminal domain; IL1B, interleukin 1 beta; IL18, interleukin 18; NLRP3, NLR family pyrin domain containing 3; PYCARD, PYD and CARD domain containing; RELA, RELA proto-oncogene; TNF, tumor necrosis factor