Post-translational modifications of STING: a potential therapeutic target

J Kang, J Wu, Q Liu, X Wu, Y Zhao, J Ren - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Stimulator of interferon genes (STING) is an endoplasmic-reticulum resident protein, playing
essential roles in immune responses against microbial infections. However, over-activation …

cGAS-STING signaling pathway in intestinal homeostasis and diseases

Y Yang, L Wang, I Peugnet-González… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The intestinal mucosa is constantly exposed to commensal microbes, opportunistic
pathogens, toxins, luminal components and other environmental stimuli. The intestinal …

Restructured membrane contacts rewire organelles for human cytomegalovirus infection

KC Cook, E Tsopurashvili, JM Needham… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Membrane contact sites (MCSs) link organelles to coordinate cellular functions across space
and time. Although viruses remodel organelles for their replication cycles, MCSs remain …

Nuclear localization of STING1 competes with canonical signaling to activate AHR for commensal and intestinal homeostasis

R Zhang, C Yu, HJ Zeh, H Wang, G Kroemer… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Extensive studies demonstrate the importance of the STING1 (also known as STING) protein
as a signaling hub that coordinates immune and autophagic responses to ectopic DNA in …

Human cytomegalovirus exploits STING signaling and counteracts IFN/ISG induction to facilitate infection of dendritic cells

B Costa, J Becker, T Krammer, F Mulenge… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a widespread pathogen that in immunocompromised
hosts can cause life-threatening disease. Studying HCMV-exposed monocyte-derived …

Crosstalk between RNA viruses and DNA sensors: Role of the cGAS‐STING signalling pathway

YM Fan, YL Zhang, H Luo… - Reviews in medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite only comprising half of all known viral species, RNA viruses are disproportionately
responsible for many of the worst epidemics in human history, including outbreaks of …

Understanding and therapeutically exploiting cGAS/STING signaling in glioblastoma

JT Low, MC Brown, ZJ Reitman… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Since the discovery that cGAS/STING recognizes endogenous DNA released from dying
cancer cells and induces type I interferon and antitumor T cell responses, efforts to …

The human cytomegalovirus decathlon: Ten critical replication events provide opportunities for restriction

DL Turner, RA Mathias - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous human pathogen that can cause severe
disease in immunocompromised individuals, transplant recipients, and to the developing …

YAP inhibits HCMV replication by impairing STING-mediated nuclear transport of the viral genome

JH Lee, M Kwon, WY Lim, CR Yoo, Y Yoon… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
YES-associated protein (YAP), a critical actor of the mammalian Hippo signaling pathway
involved in diverse biological events, has gained increased recognition as a cellular factor …

STING1 in different organelles: location dictates function

R Zhang, R Kang, D Tang - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Stimulator of interferon response cGAMP interactor 1 (STING1), also known as TMEM173, is
an immune adaptor protein that governs signal crosstalk that is implicated in many …