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EGCG and NLRP3

Green tea polyphenols and epigallocatechin-3-gallate protect against perfluorodecanoic acid induced liver damage and inflammation in mice by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation.
Wang D, Gao Q, Wang T, Kan Z, Li X, Hu L, Peng CY, Qian F, Wang Y, Granato D.
Food Res Int. 2020 Jan;127:108628. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2019.108628. Epub 2019 Aug 19.

Effects of Flavonoids and Its Derivatives on Immune Cell Responses.
Martínez G, Mijares MR, De Sanctis JB.
Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov. 2019;13(2):84-104. doi: 10.2174/1872213X13666190426164124.

Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate Attenuates Microglial Inflammation and Neurotoxicity by Suppressing the Activation of Canonical and Noncanonical Inflammasome via TLR4/NF-κB Pathway.
Zhong X, Liu M, Yao W, Du K, He M, Jin X, Jiao L, Ma G, Wei B, Wei M.
Mol Nutr Food Res. 2019 Nov;63(21):e1801230. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201801230. Epub 2019 Aug 16.

Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate Prevents Acute Gout by Suppressing NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation and Mitochondrial DNA Synthesis.
Lee HE, Yang G, Park YB, Kang HC, Cho YY, Lee HS, Lee JY.
Molecules. 2019 Jun 6;24(11). pii: E2138. doi: 10.3390/molecules24112138.

Epigallocatechin gallate inhibits urate crystals-induced peritoneal inflammation in C57BL/6 mice.
Jhang JJ, Lu CC, Yen GC.
Mol Nutr Food Res. 2016 Oct;60(10):2297-2303. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201600106. Epub 2016 Jun 16.

Targeting HO-1 by Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate Reduces Contrast-Induced Renal Injury via Anti-Oxidative Stress and Anti-Inflammation Pathways.
Gao Z, Han Y, Hu Y, Wu X, Wang Y, Zhang X, Fu J, Zou X, Zhang J, Chen X, Jose PA, Lu X, Zeng C.
PLoS One. 2016 Feb 11;11(2):e0149032. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149032. eCollection 2016.

Quercetin, luteolin and epigallocatechin gallate alleviate TXNIP and NLRP3-mediated inflammation and apoptosis with regulation of AMPK in endothelial cells.Wu J, Xu X, Li Y, Kou J, Huang F, Liu B, Liu K.
Eur J Pharmacol. 2014 Dec 15;745:59-68. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2014.09.046. Epub 2014 Oct 14.

Epigallocatechin-3-gallate prevents lupus nephritis development in mice via enhancing the Nrf2 antioxidant pathway and inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation.
Tsai PY, Ka SM, Chang JM, Chen HC, Shui HA, Li CY, Hua KF, Chang WL, Huang JJ, Yang SS, Chen A.
Free Radic Biol Med. 2011 Aug 1;51(3):744-54. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2011.05.016. Epub 2011 May 23.