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ArticleMolecular cell2025

Finding a foothold to fight: New insights into the viral RNA sensing and activation mechanism of OAS2.

Saumendra N Sarkar

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Article in Molecular cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

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Saumendra N SarkarProgram in Oncology, Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: saumen@som.umaryland.edu.

Funding

A new mechanism of antiviral activity of 2’-5’ Oligoadenylate Synthetase 1R01AI150214 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI DIAMOND, MICHAEL S, SARKAR, SAUMENDRA N · 2020 to 2024
$2.6M
New roles of IFN-inducible OAS proteins in innate immune defense against bacterial infectionsR01AI176333 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Vijay Rathinam, Saumendra N Sarkar · 2023 to 2026
$2.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI150214NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI176333
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oligoadenylate synthetases (OASs) are a family of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-activated nucleotidyltransferases involved in pathogen sensing and innate immune response. In this issue of Molecular Cell, Merold et al. define a mechanism of OAS2 activation by dsRNA-length discrimination and its deficiency associated with autoimmune disorder.

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2',5'-Oligoadenylate SynthetaseRNA, Double-StrandedRNA, ViralAnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesHumansImmunity, Innate2',5'-Oligoadenylate SynthetaseOAS2 protein, humanRNA, Double-StrandedRNA, Viral

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PMID40480194
PMCPMC12704461

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