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ReviewCell & bioscience2021

The cGAS-STING pathway: more than fighting against viruses and cancer.

Terigen Bao, Jia Liu, Jiyan Leng, Lu Cai

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Review in Cell & bioscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Terigen BaoDepartment of Geriatrics, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China.
Jia LiuDepartment of Geriatrics, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China.
Jiyan LengDepartment of Geriatrics, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China. lengjy@jlu.edu.cn.
Lu CaiDepartment of Pediatrics, The Pediatric Research Institute, The University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, 40292, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3048-1135
Jilin University · CNUniversity of Louisville · US

Funding

Jilin Scientific and Technological Development Program 20190701067GH
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the classic Cyclic guanosine monophosphate-adenosine monophosphate (cGAMP) synthase (cGAS)-stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway, downstream signals can control the production of type I interferon and nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells to promote the activation of pro-inflammatory molecules, which are mainly induced during antiviral responses. However, with progress in this area of research, studies focused on autoimmune diseases and chronic inflammatory conditions that may be relevant to cGAS-STING pathways have been conducted. This review mainly highlights the functions of the cGAS-STING pathway in chronic inflammatory diseases. Importantly, the cGAS-STING pathway has a major impact on lipid metabolism. Different research groups have confirmed that the cGAS-STING pathway plays an important role in the chronic inflammatory status in various organs. However, this pathway has not been studied in depth in diabetes and diabetes-related complications. Current research on the cGAS-STING pathway has shown that the targeted therapy of diseases that may be caused by inflammation via the cGAS-STING pathway has promising outcomes.

Indexed as

Anti-virus inflammationcGAS–STING pathwayDiabetesDiabetes complicationsInsulin resistance

Identifiers

PMID34906241
PMCPMC8670263
OpenAlexW4200249062

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