The cGAS-STING pathway affects vertebral bone but does not promote intervertebral disc cell senescence or degeneration

OK Ottone, CJ Kim, JA Collins, MV Risbud - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The DNA-sensing cGAS-STING pathway promotes the senescence-associated secretory
phenotype (SASP) and mediates type-I interferon inflammatory responses to foreign viral …

STING signaling in inflammaging: a new target against musculoskeletal diseases

C Song, Z Hu, D Xu, H Bian, J Lv, X Zhu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Stimulator of Interferon Gene (STING) is a critical signaling linker protein that plays a crucial
role in the intrinsic immune response, particularly in the cytoplasmic DNA-mediated immune …

STING-triggered CNS inflammation in human neurodegenerative diseases

AS Ferecskó, MJ Smallwood, A Moore, C Liddle… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Some neurodegenerative diseases have an element of neuroinflammation that
is triggered by viral nucleic acids, resulting in the generation of type I interferons. In the …

STING promotes senescence, apoptosis, and extracellular matrix degradation in osteoarthritis via the NF-κB signaling pathway

Q Guo, X Chen, J Chen, G Zheng, C Xie, H Wu… - Cell Death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Damaged deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a primary pathologic factor for osteoarthritis (OA);
however, the mechanism by which DNA damage drives OA is unclear. Previous research …

cGAS–STING drives ageing-related inflammation and neurodegeneration

MF Gulen, N Samson, A Keller, M Schwabenland… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Low-grade inflammation is a hallmark of old age and a central driver of ageing-associated
impairment and disease. Multiple factors can contribute to ageing-associated inflammation; …

cGAS-STING pathway as a potential trigger of immunosenescence and inflammaging

CRR Schmitz, RM Maurmann, FTCR Guma… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Aging is associated with an increased incidence of autoimmune diseases, despite the
progressive decline of immune responses (immunosenescence). This apparent paradox can …

STING SNP R293Q is associated with a decreased risk of aging-related diseases

L Hamann, JS Ruiz-Moreno, M Szwed… - Gerontology, 2019 - karger.com
Background: Aging is a multifactorial process driven by several conditions. Among them,
inflamm-aging is characterized by chronic low-grade inflammation driving aging-related …

Activation of innate immune cGAS-STING pathway contributes to Alzheimer's pathogenesis in 5× FAD mice

X Xie, G Ma, X Li, J Zhao, Z Zhao, J Zeng - Nature aging, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract cGAS senses microbial and host-derived double-stranded DNA in cytoplasm to
trigger cellular innate immune response in a STING-dependent manner; however, it remains …

Dysregulation of the cGAS-STING pathway in monogenic autoinflammation and lupus

H Wobma, DS Shin, J Chou, F Dedeoğlu - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
One of the oldest mechanisms of immune defense against pathogens is through detection of
foreign DNA. Since human DNA is compartmentalized into the nucleus, its presence in the …

Targeting STING: From antiviral immunity to treat osteoporosis

Z Gao, Z Gao, H Zhang, S Hou, Y Zhou… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The cGAS-STING signaling pathway can trigger innate immune responses by detecting
dsDNA from outside or within the host. In addition, the cGAS-STING signaling pathway has …