Influenza A virus targets a cGAS-independent STING pathway that controls enveloped RNA viruses

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10680
Description
Summary: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.
ISSN:2041-1723