Multifaceted functions of STING in human health and disease: from molecular mechanism to targeted strategy

Z Zhang, H Zhou, X Ouyang, Y Dong… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Since the discovery of Stimulator of Interferon Genes (STING) as an important pivot for
cytosolic DNA sensation and interferon (IFN) induction, intensive efforts have been …

The cGAS-STING pathway: a promising immunotherapy target

L Ou, A Zhang, Y Cheng, Y Chen - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
With the continuous development of immunotherapy, researchers have paid more attention
to the specific immune regulatory mechanisms of various immune responses in different …

Identification of vaccine targets in pathogens and design of a vaccine using computational approaches

K Rawal, R Sinha, BA Abbasi, A Chaudhary, SK Nath… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Antigen identification is an important step in the vaccine development process.
Computational approaches including deep learning systems can play an important role in …

Pathogen diversity, immunity, and the fate of infections: lessons learned from Trypanosoma cruzi human–host interactions

LMD Magalhães, KJ Gollob, B Zingales… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The complexity of host–pathogen interactions often leads to distinct clinical outcomes upon
infection with different pathogen strains. In this Review, we explore the interactions between …

Recent advancement, immune responses, and mechanism of action of various vaccines against intracellular bacterial infections

A Ali, A Waris, MA Khan, M Asim, AU Khan, S Khan… - Life Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Emerging and re-emerging bacterial infections are a serious threat to human and animal
health. Extracellular bacteria are free-living, while facultative intracellular bacteria replicate …

TREX1 as a novel immunotherapeutic target

WO Hemphill, SR Simpson, M Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Mutations in the TREX1 3'→ 5'exonuclease are associated with a spectrum of autoimmune
disease phenotypes in humans and mice. Failure to degrade DNA activates the cGAS …

Function and regulation of cGAS-STING signaling in infectious diseases

Y Du, Z Hu, Y Luo, HY Wang, X Yu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The efficacious detection of pathogens and prompt induction of innate immune signaling
serve as a crucial component of immune defense against infectious pathogens. Over the …

[HTML][HTML] Chagas disease vaccine design: the search for an efficient Trypanosoma cruzi immune-mediated control

AE Bivona, AS Alberti, N Cerny, SN Trinitario… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chagas disease is currently endemic to 21 Latin-American countries and has also become a
global concern because of globalization and mass migration of chronically infected …

The impact of immuno-aging on SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development

J Connors, MR Bell, J Marcy, M Kutzler, EK Haddad - Geroscience, 2021 - Springer
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has almost 56 million confirmed cases resulting in over 1.3
million deaths as of November 2020. This infection has proved more deadly to older adults …

A prophylactic α-Gal-based glycovaccine effectively protects against murine acute Chagas disease

S Portillo, BG Zepeda, E Iniguez, JJ Olivas, NH Karimi… - npj Vaccines, 2019 - nature.com
Chagas disease (ChD), caused by the hemoflagellate parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, affects
six to seven million people in Latin America. Lately, it has become an emerging public …