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Immune 46: Bats don’t STING like a bee

  • July 27, 2021
  • Tagged as: bat, cGAS, DNA sensing, immune, immunology, interferon, STING, virus reservoir, zoonosis

Immune explore the observation that bat cells display dampened STING-dependent interferon activation, suggesting why bats might have a unique capacity to harbor many viruses.

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  • Immune

Immune 13: Do no harm

  • October 20, 2018
  • Tagged as: IFN, immune, immunology, innate immunity, innate sensor, interferon, lncRNA, long noncoding RNA, RIG-I, toll-like receptor

The ImmuNerds discuss how a cellular long non-coding RNA binds to an innate RNA sensor and regulates virus-induced interferon production to prevent damage to the host.

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