DNA sensing by the cGAS–STING pathway in health and disease

Mona Motwani; Scott Pesiridis; Katherine A. Fitzgerald

doi:10.1038/s41576-019-0151-1

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Stimulator of interferon genesBiologyStingInnate immune systemNucleic acidDNAEffectorMechanism (biology)Pattern recognition receptorImmune systemComputational biologySignal transductionInflammationCell biologyImmunityGeneGeneticsImmunology

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Year: 2019
Type: review
Volume: 20
Issue: 11
Pages: 657-674
Citations: 1332
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                                    Mona Motwani, 
                                
                                    Scott Pesiridis, 
                                
                                    Katherine A. Fitzgerald
                                
                            (2019). 
                            DNA sensing by the cGAS–STING pathway in health and disease. 
                            Nature Reviews Genetics
                            , 20
                            (11)
                            , 657-674.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-019-0151-1

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DOI: 10.1038/s41576-019-0151-1