Microbial DNA recognition by cGAS-STING and other sensors in dendritic cells in inflammatory bowel diseases

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 901-911

  Liu, Song ^a,b   Zhang, Ying ^b,c   Ren, Jianan ^a   Li, Jieshou ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cGAS; DDX41; IBD susceptibility gene; IFI16; STING

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; CYCLIC GMP AMP SYNTHASE; DINUCLEOTIDE; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; INTERFERON; INTERFERON GAMMA INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 6; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT FLIGHTLESS INTERACTING PROTEIN 1; MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION 11 HOMOLOG A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN PROTEIN 3; PROTEIN; PROTEIN AIM2; PROTEIN CGAMP; PROTEIN DDX41; STIMULATOR OF INTERFERON GENES; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; Z DNA BINDING PROTEIN 1; DNA; MB21D1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MPYS PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DENDRITIC CELL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM MEMBRANE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; DENDRITIC CELLS; DNA; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84925448653     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000299     Document Type: Article

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