NLR Proteins, 1st ed. 2016 Methods and Protocols Methods in Molecular Biology Series, Vol. 1417

Innate Immune Receptors.- Atypical Inflammasomes.- Assessment of Inflammasome Activation By Cytokine And Danger Signal Detection.- Investigating IL-1β Secretion Using Real-Time Single-Cell Imaging.- Measuring IL-1β Processing By Bioluminescence Sensors I: Using a Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer Biosensor.- Measuring IL-1β Processing By Bioluminescence Sensors II: The Igluc System.- Assessing Extracellular ATP as Danger Signal In Vivo: The Pmeluc System.- Measuring NLR Oligomerization I: Size Exclusion Chromatography, Co-Immunoprecipitation and Cross-Linking.- Measuring NLR Oligomerization II: Detection of ASC Speck Formation by Confocal Microscopy and Immunofluorescence.- Measuring NLR Oligomerization III: Detection of NLRP3 Complex by Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer.- Measuring NLR Oligomerization IV: Using Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)-Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) to Determine the Close Proximity Of Inflammasome Components.- Measuring NLR Oligomerization V: In Situ Proximity Ligation Assay.- Assessing Caspase-1 Activation.- Cell-Free Assay for Inflammasome Activation.- Functional Reconstruction of Nlrs In HEK293 Cells.- Method to Measure Ubiquitinization of Nlrs.- Cytofluorometric Quantification of Cell Death Elicited By NLR Proteins.- NLR in Human Diseases: Role and Laboratory Findings.