All about the RNA: interferon-stimulated genes that interfere with viral RNA processes

E Yang, MMH Li - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Interferon (IFN) signaling induces the expression of a wide array of genes, collectively
referred to as IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs) that generally function to inhibit viral replication …

Treatment of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

O Ergonul - Antiviral research, 2008 - Elsevier
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) has the most extensive geographic range of the
medically significant tick-borne viruses, occurring from western China across southern Asia …

Interferon-stimulated gene 20 (ISG20) selectively degrades N6-methyladenosine modified Hepatitis B Virus transcripts

H Imam, GW Kim, SA Mir, M Khan, A Siddiqui - PLoS pathogens, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Interferon (IFN) stimulates a whole repertoire of cellular genes, collectively referred to as
ISGs (Interferon-stimulated genes). ISG20, a 3´-5´ exonuclease enzyme, has been …

Identification of five interferon-induced cellular proteins that inhibit west nile virus and dengue virus infections

D Jiang, JM Weidner, M Qing, XB Pan, H Guo… - Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Interferons (IFNs) are key mediators of the host innate antiviral immune response. To identify
IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs) that instigate an antiviral state against two medically important …

Innate antiviral response targets HIV-1 release by the induction of ubiquitin-like protein ISG15

A Okumura, G Lu, I Pitha-Rowe… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
The goal of this study was to elucidate the molecular mechanism by which type I IFN inhibits
assembly and release of HIV-1 virions. Our study revealed that the IFN-induced ubiquitin …

Identification of three interferon-inducible cellular enzymes that inhibit the replication of hepatitis C virus

D Jiang, H Guo, C Xu, J Chang, B Gu, L Wang… - Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a common cause of chronic hepatitis and is currently
treated with alpha interferon (IFN-α)-based therapies. However, the underlying mechanism …

Identification and characterization of interferon-induced proteins that inhibit alphavirus replication

Y Zhang, CW Burke, KD Ryman, WB Klimstra - Journal of virology, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
Alpha/beta interferon (IFN-α/β) produces antiviral effects through upregulation of many
interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) whose protein products are effectors of the antiviral state …

Interferon-inducible ribonuclease ISG20 inhibits hepatitis B virus replication through directly binding to the epsilon stem-loop structure of viral RNA

Y Liu, H Nie, R Mao, B Mitra, D Cai, R Yan… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) replicates its DNA genome through reverse transcription of a viral
RNA pregenome. We report herein that the interferon (IFN) stimulated exoribonuclease …

ISG20: an enigmatic antiviral RNase targeting multiple viruses

S Deymier, C Louvat, F Fiorini, A Cimarelli - FEBS Open Bio, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Interferon‐stimulated gene 20 kDa protein (ISG20) is a relatively understudied antiviral
protein capable of inhibiting a broad spectrum of viruses. ISG20 exhibits strong RNase …

The broad-spectrum antiviral protein ZAP restricts human retrotransposition

JL Goodier, GC Pereira, LE Cheung, RJ Rose… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Intrinsic immunity describes the set of recently discovered but poorly understood cellular
mechanisms that specifically target viral pathogens. Their discovery derives in large part …