ISG15 in antiviral immunity and beyond

YC Perng, DJ Lenschow - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
The host response to viral infection includes the induction of type I interferons and the
subsequent upregulation of hundreds of interferon-stimulated genes. Ubiquitin-like protein …

Human PCNA structure, function, and interactions

A González-Magaña, FJ Blanco - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is an essential factor in DNA replication and repair.
It forms a homotrimeric ring that embraces the DNA and slides along it, anchoring DNA …

Forging ahead through darkness: PCNA, still the principal conductor at the replication fork

KN Choe, GL Moldovan - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) lies at the center of the faithful duplication of
eukaryotic genomes. With its distinctive doughnut-shaped molecular structure, PCNA was …

ISG15 conjugation to proteins on nascent DNA mitigates DNA replication stress

CP Wardlaw, JHJ Petrini - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
The pathways involved in suppressing DNA replication stress and the associated DNA
damage are critical to maintaining genome integrity. The Mre11 complex is unique among …

Translesion DNA polymerases in eukaryotes: what makes them tick?

A Vaisman, R Woodgate - Critical reviews in biochemistry and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Life as we know it, simply would not exist without DNA replication. All living organisms utilize
a complex machinery to duplicate their genomes and the central role in this machinery …

Targeting proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) as an effective strategy to inhibit tumor cell proliferation

M Cardano, C Tribioli, E Prosperi - Current cancer drug targets, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Targeting highly proliferating cells is an important issue for many types of aggressive tumors.
Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) is an essential protein that participates in a variety …

USP44 regulates irradiation-induced DNA double-strand break repair and suppresses tumorigenesis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Y Chen, Y Zhao, X Yang, X Ren, S Huang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Radiotherapy is the primary treatment for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC),
and approximately 20% of patients experience treatment failure due to tumour …

ISGylation–a key to lock the cell gates for preventing the spread of threats

C Villarroya-Beltri, S Guerra… - Journal of cell …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT Interferon stimulated gene 15 (ISG15) is an ubiquitin-like protein whose
expression and conjugation to targets (ISGylation) is induced by infection, interferon (IFN)-α …

cGAS–STING signalling in cancer: striking a balance with chromosomal instability

B Beernaert, EE Parkes - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Chromosomal instability (CIN) is a hallmark of cancer that drives tumour evolution. It is now
recognised that CIN in cancer leads to the constitutive production of misplaced DNA in the …

TRIM25 is required for the antiviral activity of zinc finger antiviral protein

X Zheng, X Wang, F Tu, Q Wang, Z Fan… - Journal of virology, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Zinc finger antiviral protein (ZAP) is a host factor that specifically inhibits the replication of
certain viruses by binding to viral mRNAs and repressing the translation and/or promoting …