Publication Date:
2016-02-21
Description:
Article Stimulator of interferon genes (STING) is known to be involved in defence against DNA viruses, but its role in the control of RNA viruses remains poorly explored. Here the authors show that STING participates in an innate immune response to RNA virus infection in a cGAS-independent manner. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms10680 Authors: Christian K. Holm, Stine H. Rahbek, Hans Henrik Gad, Rasmus O. Bak, Martin R. Jakobsen, Zhaozaho Jiang, Anne Louise Hansen, Simon K. Jensen, Chenglong Sun, Martin K. Thomsen, Anders Laustsen, Camilla G. Nielsen, Kasper Severinsen, Yingluo Xiong, Dara L. Burdette, Veit Hornung, Robert Jan Lebbink, Mogens Duch, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Shervin Bahrami, Jakob Giehm Mikkelsen, Rune Hartmann, Søren R. Paludan
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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