IRF2 transcriptionally induces GSDMD expression for pyroptosis

Authors: Nobuhiko Kayagaki, Bettina L. Lee, Irma B. Stowe, Opher S. Kornfeld, Karen O’Rourke, Kathleen M. Mirrashidi, Benjamin Haley, Colin Watanabe, Merone Roose‐Girma, Zora Modrušan, Sarah Kummerfeld, Rohit Reja, Yafei Zhang, Vicky Cho, T. Daniel Andrews, Lucy X. Morris, Christopher C. Goodnow, Edward M. Bertram, Vishva M. Dixit - Science Signaling 2019 cited by 185

transcription for the execution of pyroptosis. Disruption of this single IRF2-binding site abolished signaling by both the canonical and noncanonical inflammasomes. Together, our data illuminate a key transcriptional mechanism for expression of the gene encoding GSDMD, a critical mediator of inflammatory pathologies.