Chinese Journal of Dermatology ›› 2020, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (10): 838-840.doi: 10.35541/cjd.20190518

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Role of inflammasomes in skin tumors

Liu Wei, Liu Jiawei, Qian Yuetong, Ma Donglai   

  1. Department of Dermatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
  • Received:2019-04-23 Revised:2019-12-26 Online:2020-10-15 Published:2020-09-30
  • Contact: Ma Donglai E-mail:mdonglai@sohu.com

Abstract: 【Abstract】 Inflammasomes are a kind of intracellular multiprotein complex that comprises a part of the innate immune response. Inflammasome function abnormalities can lead to immune imbalance and have been linked to an increasing number of diseases. Researches have shown that inflammasomes are associated with some skin tumors including basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, Kaposi′s sarcoma and malignant melanoma, implicating that persistent inflammatory response and immune imbalance caused by abnormal activation of inflammasomes play a crucial role in tumor occurrence, development, invasion and metastasis. This review summarizes research advances in the role of inflammasomes in the pathogenesis of skin tumors.

Key words: Inflammasomes, Neoplasms, basal cell, Neoplasms, squamous cell, Melanoma, Sarcoma, Kaposi, Caspase 1, Interleukin?1beta