The cGAS–STING pathway as a therapeutic target in inflammatory diseases

A Decout, JD Katz, S Venkatraman… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The cGAS–STING signalling pathway has emerged as a key mediator of inflammation in the
settings of infection, cellular stress and tissue damage. Underlying this broad involvement of …

Cellular functions of cGAS-STING signaling

C Chen, P Xu - Trends in cell biology, 2023 - cell.com
Abstract Cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP) synthase (cGAS) senses misplaced genomic,
mitochondrial, and microbial double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) to synthesize 2′ 3′-cGAMP …

Role of the cGAS–STING pathway in systemic and organ-specific diseases

S Skopelja-Gardner, J An, KB Elkon - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2022 - nature.com
Cells are equipped with numerous sensors that recognize nucleic acids, which probably
evolved for defence against viruses. Once triggered, these sensors stimulate the production …

TBK1 recruitment to STING activates both IRF3 and NF-κB that mediate immune defense against tumors and viral infections

S Yum, M Li, Y Fang, ZJ Chen - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The induction of type I interferons through the transcription factor interferon regulatory factor
3 (IRF3) is considered a major outcome of stimulator of interferon genes (STING) activation …

Molecular mechanisms and cellular functions of cGAS–STING signalling

KP Hopfner, V Hornung - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
The cGAS–STING signalling axis, comprising the synthase for the second messenger cyclic
GMP–AMP (cGAS) and the cyclic GMP–AMP receptor stimulator of interferon genes …

An overview of autophagy: Mechanism, regulation and research progress

W Cao, J Li, K Yang, D Cao - Bulletin du cancer, 2021 - Elsevier
Autophagy refers to the formation of autophagosomes by membrane wrapping part of the
cytoplasm and the organelles and proteins that need to be degraded in the cells …

Multifaceted functions of STING in human health and disease: from molecular mechanism to targeted strategy

Z Zhang, H Zhou, X Ouyang, Y Dong… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Since the discovery of Stimulator of Interferon Genes (STING) as an important pivot for
cytosolic DNA sensation and interferon (IFN) induction, intensive efforts have been …

A diversity of selective autophagy receptors determines the specificity of the autophagy pathway

V Kirkin, VV Rogov - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
The clearance of surplus, broken, or dangerous components is key for maintaining cellular
homeostasis. The failure to remove protein aggregates, damaged organelles, or intracellular …

Many roads lead to CASM: Diverse stimuli of noncanonical autophagy share a unifying molecular mechanism

J Durgan, O Florey - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Autophagy is a fundamental catabolic process coordinated by a network of autophagy-
related (ATG) proteins. These ATG proteins also perform an important parallel role in …

Mitochondrial DNA stress triggers autophagy-dependent ferroptotic death

C Li, Y Zhang, J Liu, R Kang, DJ Klionsky, D Tang - Autophagy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Pancreatic cancer tends to be highly resistant to current therapy and remains one of the
great challenges in biomedicine with very low 5-year survival rates. Here, we report that …