The RNA helicase DHX16 recognizes specific viral RNA to trigger RIG-I-dependent innate antiviral immunity

A Hage, P Bharaj, S van Tol, MI Giraldo… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Summary Type I interferons (IFN-I) are essential to establish antiviral innate immunity.
Unanchored (or free) polyubiquitin (poly-Ub) has been shown to regulate IFN-I responses …

Swine enteric coronavirus: diverse pathogen–host interactions

Q Yan, X Liu, Y Sun, W Zeng, Y Li, F Zhao… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Swine enteric coronavirus (SeCoV) causes acute gastroenteritis and high mortality in
newborn piglets. Since the last century, porcine transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) …

Edge Length-Programmed Single-Stranded RNA Origami for Predictive Innate Immune Activation and Therapy

K Dai, Y Xu, Y Yang, J Shen, X Liu, X Tu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ligands targeting nucleic acid-sensing receptors activate the innate immune system and
play a critical role in antiviral and antitumoral therapy. However, ligand design for in situ …

Innate immune sensing of influenza A virus

G Malik, Y Zhou - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Influenza virus infection triggers host innate immune response by stimulating various pattern
recognition receptors (PRRs). Activation of these PRRs leads to the activation of a plethora …

[HTML][HTML] Repetitive elements trigger RIG-I-like receptor signaling that regulates the emergence of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells

S Lefkopoulos, A Polyzou, M Derecka, V Bergo… - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Inflammatory signaling is required for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC)
development. Here, we studied the involvement of RIG-I-like receptors (RLRs) in HSPC …

Resveratrol as an adjunctive therapy for excessive oxidative stress in aging COVID-19 patients

MT Liao, CC Wu, SFV Wu, MC Lee, WC Hu, KW Tsai… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to burden healthcare
systems worldwide. COVID-19 symptoms are highly heterogeneous, and the patient may be …

Immunomodulatory potential of flavonoids for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and tumour

L Han, Q Fu, C Deng, L Luo, T Xiang… - … Journal of Immunology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The immune system plays an indispensable role in maintaining human health against the
invasion of foreign materials, microorgainisms and pathogens. The autoimmune diseases …

EGFR inhibition triggers an adaptive response by co-opting antiviral signaling pathways in lung cancer

K Gong, G Guo, N Panchani, ME Bender, DE Gerber… - Nature cancer, 2020 - nature.com
EGFR inhibition is an effective treatment in the minority of non-small cell lung cancer
(NSCLC) cases harboring EGFR-activating mutations, but not in EGFR wild-type (EGFRwt) …

The RNA helicase DDX5 promotes viral infection via regulating N6-methyladenosine levels on the DHX58 and NFκB transcripts to dampen antiviral innate immunity

J Xu, Y Cai, ZB Ma, B Jiang, W Liu, J Cheng… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Multi-functional DEAD-box helicase 5 (DDX5), which is important in transcriptional
regulation, is hijacked by diverse viruses to facilitate viral replication. However, its regulatory …

Pangolins lack IFIH1/MDA5, a cytoplasmic RNA sensor that initiates innate immune defense upon coronavirus infection

H Fischer, E Tschachler, L Eckhart - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Zoonotic infections are an imminent threat to human health. Pangolins were recently
identified as carriers and intermediate hosts of coronaviruses. Previous research has shown …