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ReviewCurrent opinion in structural biology2024

Applications of cryo-EM in drug development for STING.

Xiao-Chen Bai, Xuewu Zhang

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Review in Current opinion in structural biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. cGAS-STING: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities.Science China. Life sciences · 2025
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Cryo-Electron Microscopy in the Study of Antiviral Innate Immunity.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
    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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiao-Chen BaiDepartment of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA. Electronic address: Xiaochen.Bai@UTSouthwestern.edu.
Xuewu ZhangDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA. Electronic address: Xuewu.Zhang@UTSouthwestern.edu.
Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

Novel regulatory mechanisms and agonists of STINGR01CA273595 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Xiaochen Bai, CHUO CHEN · 2023 to 2026
$2.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA273595
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

STING is a critical adaptor protein in the cGAS-mediated DNA-sensing innate immune pathway. Binding of the second messenger cGAMP generated by cGAS to STING induces the high-order oligomerization and activation of the STING dimer. STING is a promising target for diseases associated with the cGAS/STING pathway such as cancer and autoimmune diseases. Recent applications of cryo-EM to STING have led to exciting progress in the understanding of its regulatory mechanism. Cryo-EM structures of STING bound to either cGAMP mimetics or novel small molecule ligands not only revealed the action mechanisms of these ligands but also suggested new ways to modulate the activity of STING for therapeutic purposes. Some of these recent studies are highlighted here.

Indexed as

NucleotidyltransferasesSignal TransductionCryoelectron MicroscopyDNADrug DevelopmentImmunity, InnateDNANucleotidyltransferases

Identifiers

PMID38183862
PMCPMC11297346
OpenAlexW4390629006

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Registered trials

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