Cellular origins of dsRNA, their recognition and consequences

YG Chen, S Hur - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2022 - nature.com
Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) is associated with most viral infections—it either constitutes
the viral genome (in the case of dsRNA viruses) or is generated in host cells during viral …

Constitutive immune mechanisms: mediators of host defence and immune regulation

SR Paludan, T Pradeu, SL Masters… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The immune system enables organisms to combat infections and to eliminate endogenous
challenges. Immune responses can be evoked through diverse inducible pathways …

IFITM proteins: Understanding their diverse roles in viral infection, cancer, and immunity

M Gómez-Herranz, J Taylor, RD Sloan - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - ASBMB
Interferon-induced transmembrane proteins (IFITMs) are broad spectrum antiviral factors that
inhibit the entry of a wide range of clinically important pathogens including influenza A virus …

Inhibition of RNA-binding proteins with small molecules

P Wu - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Protein–RNA interactions have crucial roles in various cellular activities, which, when
dysregulated, can lead to a range of human diseases. The identification of small molecules …

Pharmacological modulation of nucleic acid sensors—therapeutic potential and persisting obstacles

C Vanpouille-Box, JA Hoffmann… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2019 - nature.com
Nucleic acid sensors, primarily TLR and RLR family members, as well as cGAS–STING
signalling, play a critical role in the preservation of cellular and organismal homeostasis …

SARS-CoV-2 nsp15 endoribonuclease antagonizes dsRNA-induced antiviral signaling

CJ Otter, N Bracci, NA Parenti, C Ye… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2 has caused millions of
deaths since its emergence in 2019. Innate immune antagonism by lethal CoVs such as …

ADAR1: from basic mechanisms to inhibitors

J Rehwinkel, P Mehdipour - Trends in Cell Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Adenosine deaminase acting on RNA 1 (ADAR1) converts adenosine to inosine in double-
stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecules, a process known as A-to-I editing. ADAR1 deficiency in …

Mechanism and therapeutic potential of targeting cGAS-STING signaling in neurological disorders

Y Huang, B Liu, SC Sinha, S Amin, L Gan - Molecular Neurodegeneration, 2023 - Springer
DNA sensing is a pivotal component of the innate immune system that is responsible for
detecting mislocalized DNA and triggering downstream inflammatory pathways. Among the …

PRC2-inactivating mutations in cancer enhance cytotoxic response to DNMT1-targeted therapy via enhanced viral mimicry

AJ Patel, S Warda, JLV Maag, R Misra… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
Abstract Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) has oncogenic and tumor-suppressive
roles in cancer. There is clinical success of targeting this complex in PRC2-dependent …

Hotspot DNMT3A mutations in clonal hematopoiesis and acute myeloid leukemia sensitize cells to azacytidine via viral mimicry response

M Scheller, AK Ludwig, S Göllner, C Rohde, S Krämer… - Nature Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Somatic mutations in DNA methyltransferase 3A (DNMT3A) are among the most frequent
alterations in clonal hematopoiesis (CH) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML), with a hotspot …