Regulation of MAVS expression and signaling function in the antiviral innate immune response

Z Ren, T Ding, Z Zuo, Z Xu, J Deng, Z Wei - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Viral infection is controlled by host innate immune cells that express specialized receptors
for viral components. Engagement of these pattern recognition receptors triggers a series of …

Mitochondrial interactome: a focus on antiviral signaling pathways

G Refolo, T Vescovo, M Piacentini, GM Fimia… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In the last years, proteomics has represented a valuable approach to elucidate key aspects
in the regulation of type I/III interferons (IFNs) and autophagy, two main processes involved …

RNF115 plays dual roles in innate antiviral responses by catalyzing distinct ubiquitination of MAVS and MITA

ZD Zhang, TC Xiong, SQ Yao, MC Wei, M Chen… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
MAVS and MITA are essential adaptor proteins mediating innate antiviral immune
responses against RNA and DNA viruses, respectively. Here we show that RNF115 plays …

To TRIM the immunity: from innate to adaptive immunity

W Yang, Z Gu, H Zhang, H Hu - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The tripartite motif (TRIM) proteins have been intensively studied as essential modulators in
various biological processes, especially in regulating a wide range of signaling pathways …

[HTML][HTML] Roles of long non-coding RNAs and emerging RNA-binding proteins in innate antiviral responses

Y Wang, Y Wang, W Luo, X Song, L Huang, J Xiao… - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The diseases caused by viruses posed a great challenge to human health, the development
of which was driven by the imbalanced host immune response. Host innate immunity is an …

Specificity in ubiquitination triggered by virus infection

H Gu, B Jan Fada - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ubiquitination is a prominent posttranslational modification, in which the ubiquitin moiety is
covalently attached to a target protein to influence protein stability, interaction partner and …

Regulation of deubiquitinating enzymes by post-translational modifications

T Das, SC Shin, EJ Song, EEK Kim - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ubiquitination and deubiquitination play a critical role in all aspects of cellular processes,
and the enzymes involved are tightly regulated by multiple factors including posttranslational …

IRF1 promotes the innate immune response to viral infection by enhancing the activation of IRF3

J Wang, H Li, B Xue, R Deng, X Huang, Y Xu… - Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Innate immunity is an essential way for host cells to resist viral infection through the
production of interferons (IFNs) and proinflammatory cytokines. Interferon regulatory factor 3 …

OTUD1 negatively regulates type I IFN induction by disrupting noncanonical ubiquitination of IRF3

Z Zhang, D Wang, P Wang, Y Zhao… - The Journal of …, 2020 - journals.aai.org
Abstract IFN regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) is critical for the transcription of type I IFNs in
defensing virus and promoting inflammatory responses. Although several kinds of …

TRIM 21‐mediated proteasomal degradation of SAMHD 1 regulates its antiviral activity

Z Li, C Huan, H Wang, Y Liu, X Liu, X Su, J Yu… - EMBO …, 2020 - embopress.org
SAMHD 1 possesses multiple functions, but whether cellular factors regulate SAMHD 1
expression or its function remains not well characterized. Here, by investigating why cultured …