The SFB members Birgit Strobl, Mathias Müller and Richard Moriggl show in complex mouse models and human cells the pivotal role of TYK2 in the development of severe organ damage during endotoxemia. Mechanistically the TYK2-dependent pathology was driven by murine caspase-11 (CASP11) or the human homolog CASP5 activity and the subsequent release of IL-1ß and IL-18.

Published in Cell Death & Differentiation

Andrea Poelzl, Caroline Lassnig, Sabine Tangermann, Dominika Hromadová, Ursula Reichart, Riem Gawish, Kristina Mueller, Richard Moriggl, Andreas Linkermann, Martin Glösmann, Lukas Kenner, Mathias Mueller & Birgit Strobl
TYK2 licenses non-canonical inflammasome activation during endotoxemia

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41418-020-00621-x