The Innate Immune DNA Sensor cGAS Produces a Noncanonical Cyclic Dinucleotide that Activates Human STING

The presence of foreign DNA in the cytosol of mammalian cells elicits a potent antiviral interferon response. Recently, cytosolic DNA was proposed to induce the synthesis of cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP) upon binding to an enzyme called cGAMP synthase (cGAS). cGAMP activates an interferon response by bind...

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Main Authors: Elie J. Diner, Dara L. Burdette, Stephen C. Wilson, Kathryn M. Monroe, Colleen A. Kellenberger, Mamoru Hyodo, Yoshihiro Hayakawa, Ming C. Hammond, Russell E. Vance
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-05-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221112471300226X