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 …

Challenges and opportunities in the clinical development of STING agonists for cancer immunotherapy

L Motedayen Aval, JE Pease, R Sharma… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have revolutionised cancer therapy. However, they have
been effective in only a small subset of patients and a principal mechanism underlying …

Prolonged activation of innate immune pathways by a polyvalent STING agonist

S Li, M Luo, Z Wang, Q Feng, J Wilhelm… - Nature biomedical …, 2021 - nature.com
The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) is an endoplasmic reticulum transmembrane
protein that is a target of therapeutics for infectious diseases and cancer. However, early …

Tumour sensitization via the extended intratumoural release of a STING agonist and camptothecin from a self-assembled hydrogel

F Wang, H Su, D Xu, W Dai, W Zhang, Z Wang… - Nature biomedical …, 2020 - nature.com
Tumours with an immunosuppressive microenvironment respond poorly to therapy.
Activation of the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway can enhance intratumoural …

Combination of the STING agonist MIW815 (ADU-S100) and PD-1 inhibitor spartalizumab in advanced/metastatic solid tumors or lymphomas: an open-label …

F Meric-Bernstam, RF Sweis, S Kasper, O Hamid… - Clinical Cancer …, 2023 - AACR
Purpose: The stimulator of IFN genes (STING) is a transmembrane protein that plays a role
in the immune response to tumors. Single-agent STING agonist MIW815 (ADU-S100) has …

Comprehensive elaboration of the cGAS-STING signaling axis in cancer development and immunotherapy

J Zheng, J Mo, T Zhu, W Zhuo, Y Yi, S Hu, J Yin… - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Cellular recognition of microbial DNA is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism by which
the innate immune system detects pathogens. Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) and its …

Magnitude of therapeutic STING activation determines CD8+ T cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity

KE Sivick, AL Desbien, LH Glickman, GL Reiner… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Intratumoral (IT) STING activation results in tumor regression in preclinical models, yet
factors dictating the balance between innate and adaptive anti-tumor immunity are unclear …

Turning up the heat on non-immunoreactive tumours: opportunities for clinical development

MO de Olza, BN Rodrigo, S Zimmermann… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Notable advances have been achieved in the treatment of cancer since the advent of
immunotherapy, and immune checkpoint inhibitors have shown clinical benefit across a …

Activating cGAS-STING pathway for the optimal effect of cancer immunotherapy

A Li, M Yi, S Qin, Y Song, Q Chu, K Wu - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2019 - Springer
During tumor progression, a subset of cancer cells escape from immune surveillance and
eventually develop into measurable tumor mass. Cancer immunotherapy eradicates tumor …

Inhibition of MDSC trafficking with SX-682, a CXCR1/2 inhibitor, enhances NK-cell immunotherapy in head and neck cancer models

S Greene, Y Robbins, WK Mydlarz, AP Huynh… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: Natural killer (NK)-cell–based immunotherapy may overcome obstacles to
effective T-cell–based immunotherapy such as the presence of genomic alterations in IFN …