cGAS facilitates sensing of extracellular cyclic dinucleotides to activate innate immunity
Cyclic dinucleotides (CDNs) are important second messenger molecules in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Within host cells, cytosolic CDNs are detected by STING and alert the host by activating innate immunity characterized by type I interferon (IFN) responses. Extracellular bacteria and dying cells can...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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EMBO Press
2019
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