Abstract
Legionella pneumophila is a Gram-negative bacterium responsible to cause, in humans, a severe pneumonia called Legionnaires' disease. Inflammasomes are multiprotein cytoplasmic complexes that act as pathogen (PAMPs) and damage associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). The restriction of L. pneumophila is dependent on NLRC4/Naip5 inflammasome, which recognizes bacterium flagellin, culminating…