The cGAS–STING pathway as a therapeutic target in inflammatory diseases

A Decout, JD Katz, S Venkatraman… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The cGAS–STING signalling pathway has emerged as a key mediator of inflammation in the
settings of infection, cellular stress and tissue damage. Underlying this broad involvement of …

Structures and mechanisms in the cGAS-STING innate immunity pathway

X Zhang, X Bai, ZJ Chen - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Besides its role as the blueprint of life, DNA can also alert the cell to the presence of
microbial pathogens as well as damaged or malignant cells. A major sensor of DNA that …

NF-κB activation enhances STING signaling by altering microtubule-mediated STING trafficking

L Zhang, X Wei, Z Wang, P Liu, Y Hou, Y Xu, H Su… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
It is widely known that stimulator of interferon genes (STING) can trigger nuclear factor κB
(NF-κB) signaling. However, whether and how the NF-κB pathway affects STING signaling …

DNA sensing by the cGAS–STING pathway in health and disease

M Motwani, S Pesiridis, KA Fitzgerald - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
The detection of pathogens through nucleic acid sensors is a defining principle of innate
immunity. RNA-sensing and DNA-sensing receptors sample subcellular compartments for …

Design of amidobenzimidazole STING receptor agonists with systemic activity

JM Ramanjulu, GS Pesiridis, J Yang, N Concha… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Stimulator of interferon genes (STING) is a receptor in the endoplasmic reticulum that
propagates innate immune sensing of cytosolic pathogen-derived and self DNA. The …

Cryo-EM structures of STING reveal its mechanism of activation by cyclic GMP–AMP

G Shang, C Zhang, ZJ Chen, X Bai, X Zhang - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Infections by pathogens that contain DNA trigger the production of type-I interferons and
inflammatory cytokines through cyclic GMP–AMP synthase, which produces 2′ 3′-cyclic …

The cGAS–cGAMP–STING pathway connects DNA damage to inflammation, senescence, and cancer

T Li, ZJ Chen - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2018 - rupress.org
Detection of microbial DNA is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism that alerts the host
immune system to mount a defense response to microbial infections. However, this detection …

A non-canonical cGAS–STING–PERK pathway facilitates the translational program critical for senescence and organ fibrosis

D Zhang, Y Liu, Y Zhu, Q Zhang, H Guan, S Liu… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Innate DNA sensing via the cyclic GMP-AMP synthase–stimulator of interferon genes (cGAS–
STING) mechanism surveys microbial invasion and cellular damage and thus participates in …

[HTML][HTML] The cGAS–STING signaling in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases: future novel target option for pharmacotherapy

PK Oduro, X Zheng, J Wei, Y Yang, Y Wang… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
The cyclic GMP–AMP synthase (cGAS)–stimulator of interferon genes (STING) signaling
exert essential regulatory function in microbial-and onco-immunology through the induction …

STING inhibitors target the cyclic dinucleotide binding pocket

Z Hong, J Mei, C Li, G Bai, M Maimaiti… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Cytosolic DNA activates cGAS (cytosolic DNA sensor cyclic AMP-GMP synthase)-STING
(stimulator of interferon genes) signaling, which triggers interferon and inflammatory …