Post-translational modifications of cGAS-STING: A critical switch for immune regulation

Y Yu, J Liu, C Liu, R Liu, L Liu, Z Yu, J Zhuang, C Sun - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Innate immune mechanisms initiate immune responses via pattern-recognition receptors
(PRRs). Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS), a member of the PRRs, senses diverse …

Overview on chikungunya virus infection: from epidemiology to state-of-the-art experimental models

LEC Constant, BF Rajsfus, PH Carneiro… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is currently one of the most relevant arboviruses to public
health. It is a member of the Togaviridae family and alphavirus genus and causes an …

Differential roles of RIG-I like receptors in SARS-CoV-2 infection

DM Yang, TT Geng, AG Harrison, PH Wang - Military Medical Research, 2021 - Springer
Retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) and melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5
(MDA5) sense viral RNA and activate antiviral immune responses. Herein we investigate …

Innate immune pathway modulator screen identifies STING pathway activation as a strategy to inhibit multiple families of arbo and respiratory viruses

G Garcia, JI Irudayam, AV Jeyachandran, S Dubey… - Cell Reports …, 2023 - cell.com
RNA viruses continue to remain a threat for potential pandemics due to their rapid evolution.
Potentiating host antiviral pathways to prevent or limit viral infections is a promising strategy …

Interplay between RNA viruses and cGAS/STING axis in innate immunity

L Amurri, B Horvat, M Iampietro - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
While the function of cGAS/STING signalling axis in the innate immune response to DNA
viruses is well deciphered, increasing evidence demonstrates its significant contribution in …

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 …

Multifaceted roles of chemokine CXC motif ligand 7 in inflammatory diseases and cancer

Q Wu, H Tu, J Li - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Over recent years, CXC motif ligand 7 (CXCL7) has received widespread attention as a
chemokine involved in inflammatory responses. Abnormal production of the chemokine …

Distinct cellular tropism and immune responses to alphavirus infection

NM Kafai, MS Diamond, JM Fox - Annual review of immunology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Alphaviruses are emerging and reemerging viruses that cause disease syndromes ranging
from incapacitating arthritis to potentially fatal encephalitis. While infection by arthritogenic …

Characterization of STING from common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) involved in spring viremia of carp virus infection

R Liu, F Meng, X Li, H Li, G Yang, S Shan - Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Stimulator of interferon genes (STING) serve as an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) protein and
modulates innate immune responses to viral contagion. Most investigations involving teleost …

Chikungunya patient transcriptional signatures faithfully recapitulated in a C57BL/6J mouse model

CR Bishop, FT Caten, HI Nakaya… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction An adult wild-type C57BL/6J mouse model of chikungunya virus (CHIKV)
infection and disease has been extensively used to study the alphaviral arthritic …