Nature Communications (Sep 2017)

Signalling strength determines proapoptotic functions of STING

  • Muhammet F. Gulen,
  • Ute Koch,
  • Simone M. Haag,
  • Fabian Schuler,
  • Lionel Apetoh,
  • Andreas Villunger,
  • Freddy Radtke,
  • Andrea Ablasser

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00573-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The cGAS/STING signalling pathway is responsible for sensing intracellular DNA and activating downstream inflammatory genes. Here the authors show mouse primary T cells and T leukaemia are hyperresponsive to STING agonist, and this strong STING signalling is associated with apoptosis induction.