Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38084916›Full record

ArticleNucleic acids research2024

cGAS-STING signalling regulates microglial chemotaxis in genome instability.

Emily J Talbot, Lisha Joshi, Peter Thornton, Mahya Dezfouli, Kalliopi Tsafou, Michael Perkinton, Svetlana V Khoronenkova

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nucleic acids research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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.

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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. [Mechanisms of cGAS-STING-mediated chronic inflammation and targeted interventions in brain aging].Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2026
    Review
  3. Expanding roles of cGAS-STING signaling in neuroinflammation.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Review
  15. Review
  16. Review
  17. [Research progress on the cGAS-STING signaling pathway in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases in children].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2025
    Review
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Emily J TalbotDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Lisha JoshiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Peter ThorntonNeuroscience, R&D BioPharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK.
Mahya DezfouliTranslational Genomics, Discovery Biology, Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Kalliopi TsafouDepartment of Data Sciences & Quantitative Biology, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK.
Michael PerkintonNeuroscience, R&D BioPharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK.
Svetlana V KhoronenkovaDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7439-9320
AstraZeneca (United Kingdom) · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GBAstraZeneca (Sweden) · SE

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 107643/B/15/AWellcome Trust 107643/B/15/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Defective DNA damage signalling and repair is a hallmark of age-related and genetic neurodegenerative disease. One mechanism implicated in disease progression is DNA damage-driven neuroinflammation, which is largely mediated by tissue-resident immune cells, microglia. Here, we utilise human microglia-like cell models of persistent DNA damage and ATM kinase deficiency to investigate how genome instability shapes microglial function. We demonstrate that upon DNA damage the cytosolic DNA sensing cGAS-STING axis drives chronic inflammation and a robust chemokine response, exemplified by production of CCL5 and CXCL10. Transcriptomic analyses revealed that cell migratory pathways were highly enriched upon IFN-β treatment of human iPSC-derived microglia, indicating that the chemokine response to DNA damage mirrors type I interferon signalling. Furthermore, we find that STING deletion leads to a defect in microglial chemotaxis under basal conditions and upon ATM kinase loss. Overall, this work provides mechanistic insights into cGAS-STING-dependent neuroinflammatory mechanisms and consequences of genome instability in the central nervous system.

Indexed as

MicrogliaNeurodegenerative DiseasesSignal TransductionChemokinesChemotaxisHumansNucleotidyltransferasesChemokinesNucleotidyltransferases

Identifiers

PMID38084916
PMCPMC10853792
OpenAlexW4389612937

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.