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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2020

Adenosine-to-inosine RNA editing in the immune system: friend or foe?

Taisuke Nakahama, Yukio Kawahara

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Deaminase Modulation Driving a New Era in Drug Development.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  7. Epitranscriptomic alterations induced by environmental toxins: implications for RNA modifications and disease.Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society · 2025
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  11. RNA editing and immune control: from mechanism to therapy.Current opinion in genetics & development · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Taisuke NakahamaDepartment of RNA Biology and Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Yukio KawaharaDepartment of RNA Biology and Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan. ykawahara@rna.med.osaka-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2629-9405
The University of Osaka · JP

Funding

Astellas Foundation for Research on Metabolic Disorders NoneJapan Society for the Promotion of Science 15K19126Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 18K15186Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 19H04210Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 19K22580
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our body expresses sensors to detect pathogens through the recognition of expressed molecules, including nucleic acids, lipids, and proteins, while immune tolerance prevents an overreaction with self and the development of autoimmune disease. Adenosine (A)-to-inosine (I) RNA editing, catalyzed by adenosine deaminases acting on RNA (ADARs), is a post-transcriptional modification that can potentially occur at over 100 million sites in the human genome, mainly in Alu repetitive elements that preferentially form a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) structure. A-to-I conversion within dsRNA, which may induce a structural change, is required to escape from the host immune system, given that endogenous dsRNAs transcribed from Alu repetitive elements are potentially recognized by melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5 (MDA5) as non-self. Of note, loss-of-function mutations in the ADAR1 gene cause Aicardi-Goutières syndrome, a congenital autoimmune disease characterized by encephalopathy and a type I interferon (IFN) signature. However, the loss of ADAR1 in cancer cells with an IFN signature induces lethality via the activation of protein kinase R in addition to MDA5. This makes cells more sensitive to immunotherapy, highlighting the opposing immune status of autoimmune diseases (overreaction) and cancer (tolerance). In this review, we provide an overview of insights into two opposing aspects of RNA editing that functions as a modulator of the immune system in autoimmune diseases and cancer.

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RNA EditingAdenosineAdenosine DeaminaseAnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesAutoimmune Diseases of the Nervous SystemHumansImmune SystemInosineNeoplasmsNervous System MalformationsAdenosineAdenosine DeaminaseInosineAdaptive immunityInnate immunityPD-1RIG-IRNase LSINE

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PMID31996954
PMCPMC11104962
OpenAlexW3003469876

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