Immune sensing mechanisms that discriminate self from altered self and foreign nucleic acids

E Bartok, G Hartmann - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
All lifeforms have developed highly sophisticated systems equipped to detect altered self
and non-self nucleic acids (NA). In vertebrates, NA-sensing receptors safeguard the integrity …

Biochemistry and molecular biology of flaviviruses

NJ Barrows, RK Campos, KC Liao, KR Prasanth… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Flaviviruses, such as dengue, Japanese encephalitis, tick-borne encephalitis, West Nile,
yellow fever, and Zika viruses, are critically important human pathogens that sicken a …

The broader sense of nonsense

ED Karousis, O Mühlemann - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2022 - cell.com
The term 'nonsense-mediated mRNA decay'(NMD) was initially coined to describe the
translation-dependent degradation of mRNAs harboring premature termination codons …

Mechanism and regulation of the nonsense-mediated decay pathway

N Hug, D Longman, JF Cáceres - Nucleic acids research, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) pathway selectively degrades mRNAs
harboring premature termination codons (PTCs) but also regulates the abundance of a large …

Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay: degradation of defective transcripts is only part of the story

F He, A Jacobson - Annual review of genetics, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a eukaryotic surveillance mechanism that
monitors cytoplasmic mRNA translation and targets mRNAs undergoing premature …

A trans-amplifying RNA vaccine strategy for induction of potent protective immunity

T Beissert, M Perkovic, A Vogel, S Erbar, KC Walzer… - Molecular Therapy, 2020 - cell.com
Here, we present a potent RNA vaccine approach based on a novel bipartite vector system
using trans-amplifying RNA (taRNA). The vector cassette encoding the vaccine antigen …

System-wide profiling of RNA-binding proteins uncovers key regulators of virus infection

M Garcia-Moreno, M Noerenberg, S Ni, AI Järvelin… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
The compendium of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) has been greatly expanded by the
development of RNA-interactome capture (RIC). However, it remained unknown if the …

Control of gene expression through the nonsense-mediated RNA decay pathway

A Nickless, JM Bailis, Z You - Cell & bioscience, 2017 - Springer
Nonsense-mediated RNA decay (NMD) was originally discovered as a cellular surveillance
pathway that safeguards the quality of mRNA transcripts in eukaryotic cells. In its canonical …

RNA-targeted antiviral immunity: more than just RNA silencing

F Li, A Wang - Trends in Microbiology, 2019 - cell.com
RNA silencing is a fundamental, evolutionarily conserved mechanism that regulates gene
expression in eukaryotes. It also functions as a primary immune defense in microbes, such …

Nonsense‐mediated mRNA decay: novel mechanistic insights and biological impact

ED Karousis, S Nasif… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Nonsense‐mediated mRNA decay (NMD) was originally coined to define a quality control
mechanism that targets mRNAs with truncated open reading frames due to the presence of a …