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Nature Immunology 9, 831–833 (1 August 2008) | doi:10.1038/ni0808-831

NLRs and the dangers of pollution and aging

Stephen B Willingham & Jenny P-Y Ting

Members of the mammalian nucleotide-binding domain–, leucine-rich repeat (LRR)-containing receptor (NLR) family of proteins have emerged as key regulators of inflammation. Among the members of this family, much attention has focused on NLRP3 (also called cryopyrin or NALP3).