Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Reciprocal regulation of RIG-I and XRCC4 connects DNA repair with RIG-I immune signaling

  • Guijie Guo,
  • Ming Gao,
  • Xiaochen Gao,
  • Bibo Zhu,
  • Jinzhou Huang,
  • Xinyi Tu,
  • Wootae Kim,
  • Fei Zhao,
  • Qin Zhou,
  • Shouhai Zhu,
  • Zheming Wu,
  • Yuanliang Yan,
  • Yong Zhang,
  • Xiangyu Zeng,
  • Qian Zhu,
  • Ping Yin,
  • Kuntian Luo,
  • Jie Sun,
  • Min Deng,
  • Zhenkun Lou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22484-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The RNA-sensing pathway has been associated with type I interferon (IFN) production induced by DNA damaging agents. Here the authors reveal that RIG-I, a cytosolic RNA sensor that recognizes RNA virus and initiates IFN signaling, is recruited to double-stranded breaks and suppresses non-homologous end joining.