Short single-stranded DNA degradation products augment the activation of Toll-like receptor 9

DNA degradation products are frequently found in the endosome, but how they regulate the activation of Toll-like receptors is not known. Here the authors show that single-stranded DNA as short as two nucleotides can enhance the ability of longer DNA oligonucleotides to activate Toll-like receptors.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jelka Pohar, Duško Lainšček, Karolina Ivičak-Kocjan, Miša-Mojca Cajnko, Roman Jerala, Mojca Benčina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15363