The NLRP1 #inflammasome is an essential and selective mediator of #axon pruning in #neurons. -> www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Our discovery that the inflammasome protein NLRP1 regulates axon pruning in neurons published @EMBOreports.org This was unexpected because inflammasome proteins are typically activated by immune cells in response to pathogen infection. Selena Romero uncovered a cool function of NLRP1 in neurons!