Developing mRNA-vaccine technologies

T Schlake, A Thess, M Fotin-Mleczek, KJ Kallen - RNA biology, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
mRNA vaccines combine desirable immunological properties with an outstanding safety
profile and the unmet flexibility of genetic vaccines. Based on in situ protein expression …

Sensing of RNA viruses: a review of innate immune receptors involved in recognizing RNA virus invasion

S Jensen, AR Thomsen - Journal of virology, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Our knowledge regarding the contribution of the innate immune system in recognizing and
subsequently initiating a host response to an invasion of RNA virus has been rapidly …

[HTML][HTML] DICER1 loss and Alu RNA induce age-related macular degeneration via the NLRP3 inflammasome and MyD88

V Tarallo, Y Hirano, BD Gelfand, S Dridi, N Kerur… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Alu RNA accumulation due to DICER1 deficiency in the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE)
is implicated in geographic atrophy (GA), an advanced form of age-related macular …

Mitochondrial control of cellular life, stress, and death

L Galluzzi, O Kepp, C Trojel-Hansen… - Circulation …, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Since the discovery that mitochondrial membrane permeabilization represents a critical step
in the regulation of intrinsic apoptosis, mitochondria have been viewed as pluripotent …

Intrinsic antiviral immunity

N Yan, ZJ Chen - Nature immunology, 2012 - nature.com
Intrinsic antiviral immunity refers to a form of innate immunity that directly restricts viral
replication and assembly, thereby rendering a cell nonpermissive to a specific class or …

Ubiquitination in signaling to and activation of IKK

ZJ Chen - Immunological reviews, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A role for polyubiquitination in the activation of inhibitor of NF‐κB (IκB) kinase (IKK) through
a proteasome‐independent mechanism was first reported in 1996, but the physiological …

[HTML][HTML] Critical role of an antiviral stress granule containing RIG-I and PKR in viral detection and innate immunity

K Onomoto, M Jogi, JS Yoo, R Narita, S Morimoto… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Retinoic acid inducible gene I (RIG-I)-like receptors (RLRs) function as cytoplasmic sensors
for viral RNA to initiate antiviral responses including type I interferon (IFN) production. It has …

[HTML][HTML] Ubiquitin-induced oligomerization of the RNA sensors RIG-I and MDA5 activates antiviral innate immune response

X Jiang, LN Kinch, CA Brautigam, X Chen, F Du… - Immunity, 2012 - cell.com
Summary RIG-I and MDA5 detect viral RNA in the cytoplasm and activate signaling
cascades leading to the production of type-I interferons. RIG-I is activated through sequential …

Genome-wide association analyses identify 13 new susceptibility loci for generalized vitiligo

Y Jin, SA Birlea, PR Fain, TM Ferrara, S Ben… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
We previously reported a genome-wide association study (GWAS) identifying 14
susceptibility loci for generalized vitiligo. We report here a second GWAS (450 individuals …

Administration, distribution, metabolism and elimination of polymer therapeutics

E Markovsky, H Baabur-Cohen, A Eldar-Boock… - Journal of controlled …, 2012 - Elsevier
Polymer conjugation is an efficient approach to improve the delivery of drugs and biological
agents, both by protecting the body from the drug (by improving biodistribution and reducing …