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ReviewFrontiers in aging2025

The intersection of TREX1, cGAS, STING and the DNA damage theory of aging.

Kate M Jones, Samuel D Chauvin, Jonathan J Miner

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Review in Frontiers in aging, 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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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Kate M JonesDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Samuel D ChauvinDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Jonathan J MinerDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Funding

Mechanisms of STING-associated immunodeficiencyR01AI143982 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Jonathan J Miner · 2019 to 2026
$4.6M
Role of TREX1 in age-related hereditary leukoencephalopathyR01NS131480 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Jonathan J Miner · 2023 to 2026
$3.2M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI143982NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS131480
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic syndromes of immune dysregulation have opened a door toward understanding mechanisms linking inflammation, premature aging, and normal aging. Here, we discuss new insights into the relationship between DNA damage, premature senescence, and nucleic acid-sensing pathways that detect or regulate DNA damage. First, we review mechanisms by which the DNA exonuclease TREX1 negatively regulates the cytosolic DNA sensor cGAS and its downstream effector STING, and we propose a model of TREX1-mediated DNA damage and cellular senescence that implicates age-related, inducible TREX1 expression in the context of genetic disease and inflamm-aging. Our central thesis is that two TREX1-associated diseases-Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (AGS) and retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukoencephalopathy (RVCL or RVCL-S), historically regarded as inflammatory conditions-can serve as models for research into mechanisms of premature aging.

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agingAGSAicardi-Goutières syndromeretinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukoencephalopathyRVCLRVCL-SSTINGTREX1

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PMID41425849
PMCPMC12711825

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