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Michael F. McDermott

Researcher at University of Leeds

Publications -  153
Citations -  16117

Michael F. McDermott is an academic researcher from University of Leeds. The author has contributed to research in topics: Familial Mediterranean fever & Tumor necrosis factor alpha. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 148 publications receiving 14562 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael F. McDermott include Royal London Hospital & National Institute for Health Research.

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NALP3 Forms an IL-1β-Processing Inflammasome with Increased Activity in Muckle-Wells Autoinflammatory Disorder

TL;DR: It is reported that NALP2 and NalP3 associate with ASC, the CARD-containing protein Cardinal, and caspase-1 (but not casp enzyme-5), thereby forming an inflammasome with high proIL-1beta-processing activity.
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A Proposed Classification of the Immunological Diseases

TL;DR: The formal recognition and genetic understanding of the autoinflammatory diseases has defined mechanisms of self-directed inflammation that are independent of adaptive immunity.
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TNF and TNF-receptors: From mediators of cell death and inflammation to therapeutic giants – past, present and future

TL;DR: The therapeutic modulation of TNF now moves into the era of personalized medicine with society's challenging expectations of durable treatment success and of achieving long-term disease remission.