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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

cGAS activation in classical dendritic cells causes autoimmunity in TREX1-deficient mice.

Tong Li, Seoyun Yum, Junjiao Wu, Minghao Li, Yafang Deng, Lijun Sun, Xiaoxia Zuo, Zhijian J Chen

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Autoinflammatory syndromes of STING and TREX1 dysfunction.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026
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  6. Mouse models of type I interferonopathies.Human molecular genetics · 2025
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  7. [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
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Tong Li *Department of Molecular Biology and Center for Inflammation Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.
Seoyun Yum *Department of Molecular Biology and Center for Inflammation Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.
Junjiao WuDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China.
Minghao LiDepartment of Molecular Biology and Center for Inflammation Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.
Yafang DengDepartment of Molecular Biology and Center for Inflammation Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.
Lijun SunDepartment of Molecular Biology and Center for Inflammation Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.
Xiaoxia ZuoDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China.
Zhijian J ChenDepartment of Molecular Biology and Center for Inflammation Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.ORCID 0000-0002-8475-8251

Funding

UT Southwestern NORCP30DK127984 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI JAY D. HORTON · 2022 to 2026
$7.4M
Project 3U54CA244719 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI GAO, JINMING · 2019 to 2019
$5.2M
HHMI (HHMI) ChenNCI NIH HHS U54 CA244719NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK127984
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Detection of cytosolic DNA by the cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP) synthase (cGAS)-stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway provides immune defense against pathogens and cancer but can also cause autoimmunity when overactivated. The exonuclease three prime repair exonuclease 1 (TREX1) degrades DNA in the cytosol and prevents cGAS activation by self-DNA. Loss-of-function mutations of the TREX1 gene are linked to autoimmune diseases such as Aicardi-Goutières syndrome, and mice deficient in TREX1 develop lethal inflammation in a cGAS-dependent manner. In order to determine the type of cells in which cGAS activation drives autoinflammation, we generated conditional cGAS knockout mice on the Trex1

Indexed as

AutoimmunityDendritic CellsExodeoxyribonucleasesMice, KnockoutNucleotidyltransferasesPhosphoproteinsAnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesAutoimmune Diseases of the Nervous SystemCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseInflammationMacrophagesMiceNervous System MalformationscGAS protein, mouseCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseExodeoxyribonucleasesNucleotidyltransferasesPhosphoproteinsthree prime repair exonuclease 1cGASdendritic cellinflammationSTINGTREX1

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PMID39254994
PMCPMC11420187

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