Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

STAG2 deficiency induces interferon responses via cGAS-STING pathway and restricts virus infection

  • Siyuan Ding,
  • Jonathan Diep,
  • Ningguo Feng,
  • Lili Ren,
  • Bin Li,
  • Yaw Shin Ooi,
  • Xin Wang,
  • Kevin F. Brulois,
  • Linda L. Yasukawa,
  • Xingnan Li,
  • Calvin J. Kuo,
  • David A. Solomon,
  • Jan E. Carette,
  • Harry B. Greenberg

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03782-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Cohesin is a multimeric nuclear protein complex which includes STAG2 and is associated with vital roles during cell division. Here in a genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screen, the authors identify a novel role of STAG2 as a crucial component of the innate immune response to rotavirus.