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ReviewTrends in neurosciences2021

Signaling by cGAS-STING in Neurodegeneration, Neuroinflammation, and Aging.

Bindu D Paul, Solomon H Snyder, Vilhelm A Bohr

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In one paragraph

Review in Trends in neurosciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06324877 (Single Arm Open-label Clinical Trial in Ataxia-telangiectasia to Test the Effects of Nicotinamide Riboside on Ataxia Scales, Immune Function, and Neurofilament Light Chain.), which is not on this map. Cited by 186 papers.

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186citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06324877 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Single Arm Open-label Clinical Trial in Ataxia-telangiectasia to Test the Effects of Nicotinamide Riboside on Ataxia Scales, Immune Function, and Neurofilament Light Chain.

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe University of QueenslandRan2024 to 2025Enrolled10ConditionsAtaxia TelangiectasiaArmsNicotinamide riboside
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

186 citing papers in PubMed, 288 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. cGAS-STING as a Neuroimmune Traffic Molecule: Unraveling Pathogenic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential in Neurological Disorders.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2026
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  19. Extracellular cGAMP in health and disease.Molecular biomedicine · 2026
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126 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bindu D PaulThe Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: bpaul8@jhmi.edu.
Solomon H SnyderThe Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: ssnyder@jhmi.edu.
Vilhelm A BohrLaboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. Electronic address: BohrV@grc.nia.nih.gov.
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USNational Institute on Aging · US

Funding

DNA repair dysfunction in neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's DiseaseZIAAG000723 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI BROSH, ROBERT · 2009 to 2025
$9.5M
Processing Of Oxidative Stress In AlzheimerZIAAG000735 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI FERRUCCI, LUIGI · 2009 to 2022
$9.4M
Thorase Regulation of the Actions of CocaineP50DA044123 · NIDA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI DAWSON, VALINA L., JANAK, PATRICIA H. · 2018 to 2022
$9.0M
GROWTH ARREST AND DNA DAMAGE INDUCIBLE GENE GADD153--REGULATION BY DNA DAMAGEZ01AG000723 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI BOHR, VILHELM · 1992 to 2008
$310k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AG000723NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA044123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recognition of foreign or misplaced nucleic acids is one of the principal modes by which the immune system detects pathogenic entities. When cytosolic DNA is sensed, a signal is relayed via the cGAS-STING pathway: this involves the activation of cyclic GMP-AMP (cGMP-AMP) synthase (cGAS) and generation of the cyclic dinucleotide cGAMP, followed by the induction of stimulator of interferon genes (STING). The cGAS-STING pathway responds to viral, bacterial, and self-DNA. Whereas it generally mediates immune surveillance and is often neuroprotective, excessive engagement of the system can be deleterious. This is relevant in aging and age-related neurological diseases, where neuroinflammation contributes to disease progression. This review focuses on cGAS-STING signaling in aging, neurodegeneration, and neuroinflammation, and on therapeutic implications.

Indexed as

Membrane ProteinsNucleotidyltransferasesAgingCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseDNAHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesSignal TransductionSTING ProteincGAS protein, humanCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseDNAMembrane ProteinsNucleotidyltransferasesSTING1 protein, humanSTING Proteinataxia telangiectasiacyclic GAMPHuntington’s diseaseinnate immune systeminterferon-stimulated genessenescence

Identifiers

PMID33187730
PMCPMC8662531
OpenAlexW3100860354

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