Cardamonin from a medicinal herb protects against LPS-induced septic shock by suppressing NLRP3 inflammasome

Authors: Zhilei Wang, Guang Xu, Yuan Gao, Xiaoyan Zhan, Nan Qin, Shubin Fu, Ruisheng Li, Ming Niu, Jiabo Wang, Youping Liu, Xiaohe Xiao, Zhaofang Bai - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2019 cited by 146

, which is shown to be NLRP3 dependent. In conclusion, our results identify CDN as a broad-spectrum and specific inhibitor of NLRP3 inflammasome and a candidate therapeutic drug for treating NLRP3 inflammasome-driven diseases.