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ReviewMolecular cancer2020

cGAS-STING pathway in cancer biotherapy.

Yang Wang, Jingwen Luo, Aqu Alu, Xuejiao Han, Yuquan Wei, Xiawei Wei

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Review in Molecular cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 216 papers.

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216citing papers in PubMed
12.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

216 citing papers in PubMed, 362 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yang WangLaboratory of Aging Research and Cancer Drug Target, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 17, Block 3, Southern Renmin Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, PR China.ORCID 0000-0001-8639-4677
Jingwen LuoLaboratory of Aging Research and Cancer Drug Target, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 17, Block 3, Southern Renmin Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, PR China.ORCID 0000-0003-1655-2275
Aqu AluLaboratory of Aging Research and Cancer Drug Target, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 17, Block 3, Southern Renmin Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, PR China.ORCID 0000-0002-9981-0120
Xuejiao HanLaboratory of Aging Research and Cancer Drug Target, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 17, Block 3, Southern Renmin Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, PR China.ORCID 0000-0002-9842-8990
Yuquan WeiLaboratory of Aging Research and Cancer Drug Target, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 17, Block 3, Southern Renmin Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, PR China.ORCID 0000-0002-6211-3217
Xiawei WeiLaboratory of Aging Research and Cancer Drug Target, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 17, Block 3, Southern Renmin Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, PR China. xiaweiwei@scu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-6513-6422
Sichuan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The activation of the cGAS-STING pathway has tremendous potential to improve anti-tumor immunity by generating type I interferons. In recent decades, we have witnessed that producing dsDNA upon various stimuli is an initiative factor, triggering the cGAS-SING pathway for a defensive host. The understanding of both intracellular cascade reaction and the changes of molecular components gains insight into type I IFNs and adaptive immunity. Based on the immunological study, the STING-cGAS pathway is coupled to cancer biotherapy. The most challenging problem is the limited therapeutic effect. Therefore, people view 5, 6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid, cyclic dinucleotides and various derivative as cGAS-STING pathway agonists. Even so, these agonists have flaws in decreasing biotherapeutic efficacy. Subsequently, we exploited agonist delivery systems (nanocarriers, microparticles and hydrogels). The article will discuss the activation of the cGAS-STING pathway and underlying mechanisms, with an introduction of cGAS-STING agonists, related clinical trials and agonist delivery systems.

Indexed as

Biological TherapyCarcinogenesisCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseHumansImmunotherapyInterferon Type IMembrane ProteinsNeoplasmsNucleotidyltransferasesSignal TransductionSTING ProteinXanthinescGAS protein, humanCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseInterferon Type IMembrane ProteinsmethylxanthineNucleotidyltransferasesSTING1 protein, humanSTING ProteinXanthinesAgonistCancer biotherapycGAS-STING pathwayClinical trialsCyclic dinucleotideDelivery systemInterferon

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PMID32887628
PMCPMC7472700
OpenAlexW3083719420

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