Regulation and inhibition of the DNA sensor cGAS

J Hertzog, J Rehwinkel - EMBO reports, 2020 - embopress.org
Cell‐autonomous sensing of nucleic acids is essential for host defence against invading
pathogens by inducing antiviral and inflammatory cytokines. cGAS has emerged in recent …

LRRC8A: C/E heteromeric channels are ubiquitous transporters of cGAMP

LJ Lahey, RE Mardjuki, X Wen, GT Hess, C Ritchie… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
Summary Extracellular 2′ 3′-cyclic-GMP-AMP (cGAMP) is an immunotransmitter exported
by diseased cells and imported into host cells to activate the innate immune STING pathway …

Structure-aided development of small-molecule inhibitors of ENPP1, the extracellular phosphodiesterase of the immunotransmitter cGAMP

JA Carozza, JA Brown, V Böhnert, D Fernandez… - Cell chemical …, 2020 - cell.com
Cancer cells initiate an innate immune response by synthesizing and exporting the small-
molecule immunotransmitter cGAMP, which activates the anti-cancer Stimulator of Interferon …

Paclitaxel induces micronucleation and activates pro-inflammatory cGAS–STING signaling in triple-negative breast cancer

Y Hu, BK Manasrah, SM McGregor, RF Lera… - Molecular cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Taxanes remain one of the most effective medical treatments for breast cancer. Clinical trials
have coupled taxanes with immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with triple-negative …

IFN-independent STING signaling: friend or foe?

V Böhnert, C Ritchie, L Li - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
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Classes of therapeutics to amplify the immune response

Y Hu, ME Burkard - Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Conventional chemotherapies are a mainstay for metastatic breast cancers, though
durable response is rare. Immunotherapies promise long-term responses thorough immune …

Probing pathophysiology of extracellular cGAMP with substrate-selective ENPP1

JA Carozza, AF Cordova, Y AlSaif, V Böhnert… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
The biology of the immune second messenger cGAMP depends on its cellular localization.
cGAMP, which is synthesized in response to cytosolic double-stranded DNA, also exists in …