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ArticleNature cell biology2025

Evolutionarily conserved role of telomerase reverse transcriptase in programming the microenvironment via regulation of the cGAS-STING pathway.

Semih Can Akincilar, Kerem Fidan, Naveen Kumar, Qin Feng Ng, Prativa Majee, Lele Wu, Darryl J Y Han, Claire Hian Tzer Chan, Joelle Yi Heng Chua, Khaireen Idzham and 5 more

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Article in Nature cell biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Mitochondrial DNA as a driver of inflammation via the cGAS-STING pathway.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Semih Can Akincilar *Laboratory of NFκB Signalling, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
Kerem Fidan *Laboratory of NFκB Signalling, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
Naveen KumarLaboratory of NFκB Signalling, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
Qin Feng NgLaboratory of NFκB Signalling, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
Prativa MajeeLaboratory of NFκB Signalling, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
Lele WuLaboratory of NFκB Signalling, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Republic of Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8333-226X
Darryl J Y HanA*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs (A*STAR ID Labs), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
Claire Hian Tzer ChanLaboratory of NFκB Signalling, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
Joelle Yi Heng ChuaLaboratory of NFκB Signalling, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
Khaireen IdzhamLaboratory of NFκB Signalling, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Republic of Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-6267-9958
Asami OjiDepartment of Experimental Genome Research, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4919-0875
Wei Jie Jonathan LeeDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, Republic of Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7065-8041
Stefan H OehlersA*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs (A*STAR ID Labs), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Republic of Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0260-672X
Masahito IkawaDepartment of Experimental Genome Research, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9859-6217
Vinay TergaonkarLaboratory of NFκB Signalling, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Republic of Singapore. vinayt@imcb.a-star.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3617-3232

Funding

MOH | National Medical Research Council (NMRC) OFIRG21jun-0101MOH | National Medical Research Council (NMRC) OFYIRG21nov-0038MOH | National Medical Research Council (NMRC) OFYIRG23jan-0023National Research Foundation Singapore (National Research Foundation-Prime Minister's office, Republic of Singapore) NRF-CRP26-2021-0001National University of Singapore (NUS) NUHSRO/2022/071/NUSMed/Microbiome/LOA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telomerase holoenzyme maintains telomere length and regulates inflammation caused by telomeric DNA damage. However, beyond its role in telomere maintenance, the molecular function of telomerase in directly regulating inflammation remains unclear. Here we show that the reverse transcriptase component of telomerase, TERT, has a cell-type-specific role in directly regulating inflammation via the cytoplasmic cGAS-STING nucleic acid-sensing pathway. Using murine and zebrafish models of gut inflammation as well as human colitis and Crohn's disease samples, we demonstrate that this function of TERT is evolutionarily conserved. Using our knock-in TERT

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Membrane ProteinsNucleotidyltransferasesTelomeraseAnimalsColitisCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseDisease Models, AnimalHumansInflammationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSignal TransductionSTING ProteinZebrafishZebrafish ProteinscGAS protein, humancGAS protein, mouseCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseMembrane ProteinsNucleotidyltransferasesSTING1 protein, humanSting1 protein, mouseSTING ProteinTelomeraseTERT protein, humanTert protein, mouseZebrafish Proteins

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