Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

, Volume 11, Issue 5, pp 361–368 | Cite as

The Emerging Role of Interleukin-1β in Autoinflammatory Diseases

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Abstract

The autoinflammatory syndromes are a group of multisystem disorders characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and systemic inflammation affecting the eyes, joints, skin, and serosal surfaces in the absence of an immune reaction. Recent advances have revealed the importance of interleukin-1β, not only in the pathogenesis of many of these rare inherited diseases, but also in acquired diseases. The development and availability of anti–interleukin-1β therapeutics have introduced the possibility of proof-of-concept studies, which are likely to further widen this field.

Keywords

Interleukin-1 Inflammasome Autoinflammatory diseases Caspase-1 Cryopyrin NLRP3 CAPS Anakinra Rilonacept Canakinumab 
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Acknowledgment

Dr. Lachmann has received support from a European Union Framework 7 grant.

Disclosure

Dr. Lachmann has served as a consultant for Novartis and received honoraria and had travel/accommodations expenses covered by Novartis and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Ms Lane reported no potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article.

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  1. 1.National Amyloidosis Centre, Division of MedicineUCL Medical School, Royal Free CampusLondonUK

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