A human-specific motif facilitates CARD8 inflammasome activation after HIV-1 infection
J. Kulsuptrakul, E. Turcotte, M. Emerman, P. Mitchell
The paper identifies a human-specific CARD8 motif that is cleaved by HIV-1 protease, leading to inflammasome activation and pyroptosis after HIV-1 infection.
bioRxiv · Oct 4, 2022Microbiology