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ArticleImmunity2021

Adenosine-to-inosine editing of endogenous Z-form RNA by the deaminase ADAR1 prevents spontaneous MAVS-dependent type I interferon responses.

Qiannan Tang, Rachel E Rigby, George R Young, Astrid Korning Hvidt, Tanja Davis, Tiong Kit Tan, Anne Bridgeman, Alain R Townsend, George Kassiotis, Jan Rehwinkel

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Article in Immunity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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72citing papers in PubMed
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed, 122 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Qiannan TangMedical Research Council Human Immunology Unit, Medical Research Council Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK.
Rachel E RigbyMedical Research Council Human Immunology Unit, Medical Research Council Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK.
George R YoungBioinformatics and Biostatistics STP, The Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, UK.
Astrid Korning HvidtMedical Research Council Human Immunology Unit, Medical Research Council Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK.
Tanja DavisMedical Research Council Human Immunology Unit, Medical Research Council Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK.
Tiong Kit TanMedical Research Council Human Immunology Unit, Medical Research Council Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK.
Anne BridgemanMedical Research Council Human Immunology Unit, Medical Research Council Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK.
Alain R TownsendMedical Research Council Human Immunology Unit, Medical Research Council Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK; Centre for Translational Immunology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Oxford Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7FZ, UK.
George KassiotisRetroviral Immunology, The Francis Crick Institute, London, NW 1AT, UK; Department of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, W2 1NY, UK.
Jan RehwinkelMedical Research Council Human Immunology Unit, Medical Research Council Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK. Electronic address: jan.rehwinkel@imm.ox.ac.uk.
University of Oxford · GBThe Francis Crick Institute · GBChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UU_00008/8Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 100954
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nucleic acids are powerful triggers of innate immunity and can adopt the Z-conformation, an unusual left-handed double helix. Here, we studied the biological function(s) of Z-RNA recognition by the adenosine deaminase ADAR1, mutations in which cause Aicardi-Goutières syndrome. Adar1

Indexed as

Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAdenosineAdenosine DeaminaseAnimalsAutoimmune Diseases of the Nervous SystemInosineInterferon Type IMiceMutationNervous System MalformationsRNA, Double-StrandedRNA EditingAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingADAR1 protein, mouseAdenosineAdenosine DeaminaseInosineInterferon Type IMAVS protein, mouseRNA, Double-StrandedADAR1Aicardi–Goutières syndromeinfluenza A virusinterferonMAVSMDA5neutrophilRNA editingZ-RNAZα domain

Identifiers

PMID34525337
PMCPMC8459395
OpenAlexW3200816388

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