Malaria parasite DNA-harbouring vesicles activate cytosolic immune sensors

STING is an intracellular DNA sensor that can alter response to infection, but in the case of malaria it is unclear how parasite DNA in red blood cells (RBCs) reaches DNA sensors in immune cells. Here the authors show that STING in human monocytes can sense P. falciparum nucleic acids transported fr...

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Main Authors: Xavier Sisquella, Yifat Ofir-Birin, Matthew A. Pimentel, Lesley Cheng, Paula Abou Karam, Natália G. Sampaio, Jocelyn Sietsma Penington, Dympna Connolly, Tal Giladi, Benjamin J. Scicluna, Robyn A. Sharples, Andreea Waltmann, Dror Avni, Eli Schwartz, Louis Schofield, Ziv Porat, Diana S. Hansen, Anthony T. Papenfuss, Emily M. Eriksson, Motti Gerlic, Andrew F. Hill, Andrew G. Bowie, Neta Regev-Rudzki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02083-1