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ReviewScience immunology2026

The OAS-RNase L pathway: Insights from experiments of nature.

Danyel Lee, Krishnamurthy Malathi, Tsubasa Okano, Koji Nakajima, Aurélie Cobat, Tomohiro Morio, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Shen-Ying Zhang

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Review in Science immunology, 2026. 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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5citing papers in PubMed
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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

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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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. The FunctionalInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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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

8 authors.

Danyel LeeSt. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3124-0245
Krishnamurthy MalathiDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7159-3550
Tsubasa OkanoDepartment of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan.
Koji NakajimaSt. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3548-5330
Aurélie CobatSt. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7209-6257
Tomohiro MorioDepartment of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9259-1025
Jean-Laurent CasanovaSt. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7782-4169
Shen-Ying ZhangSt. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9449-3672

Funding

Developing, Demonstrating, and Disseminating Innovative Programs to Achieve Translational SuccessUL1TR001866 · NCATS · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI COLLER, BARRY, KRUEGER, JAMES G · 2016 to 2025
$40.6M
Stress granules in virus infectionsR15AI169398 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO · PI KRISHNAMURTHY, MALATHI · 2023 to 2023
$490k
Single gene inborn errors of immunity underlying SARS-CoV-2-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: a new approach to tackle a seemingly old puzzleR21AI160576 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, SHEN-YING · 2022 to 2023
$466k
Novel role of RNA signaling in cross-talk between autophagy and apoptosisR15AI119980 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO · PI KRISHNAMURTHY, MALATHI · 2016 to 2016
$443k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001866NIAID NIH HHS R15 AI119980NIAID NIH HHS R15 AI169398NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI160576
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The 2'-5' oligoadenylate synthetases (OASs) are type I interferon-inducible enzymes that, with ribonuclease L (RNase L), have been studied in the context of their coupled action as antiviral effectors. RNase L degrades host and viral ssRNA, affecting diverse cellular processes including translational arrest, interferon response, and apoptosis, all of which are thought to restrict viral replication. Recent studies of recessive inborn errors of human OAS1, OAS2, and RNase L, however, revealed that for SARS-CoV-2 infection, the main protective action of this pathway in natura may be through restricting phagocyte-driven postviral inflammation rather than restricting early viral replication in the respiratory tract. This finding is consistent with the identification of gain-of-function

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2',5'-Oligoadenylate SynthetaseEndoribonucleasesSARS-CoV-2AnimalsHumansInflammationSignal TransductionVirus Replication2-5A-dependent ribonuclease2',5'-Oligoadenylate SynthetaseEndoribonucleasesOAS1 protein, human

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PMCPMC12922763

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