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ArticleImmunology2026

IFI16/204 Promotes Dendritic Cell Activation and Anti-Hepatocellular Carcinoma Efficacy via the STING-TBK1-IRF3 Signalling Pathway.

Long Zhang, Wenjing He, Hanyuan Zhang, Xuzhi Zhang, Hanyu Wang, Shuai Wang, Xinyi Li, Yifang Gao, Yi Ma

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Article in Immunology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors.

Long ZhangDepartment of Organ Transplantation, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Wenjing HeDepartment of Organ Transplantation, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Hanyuan ZhangDepartment of Organ Transplantation, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4786-2113
Xuzhi ZhangDepartment of Organ Transplantation, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Hanyu WangDepartment of Organ Transplantation, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Shuai WangDepartment of Organ Transplantation, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Xinyi LiSchool of Nursing, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Yifang GaoDepartment of Organ Transplantation, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Yi MaDepartment of Organ Transplantation, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4125-9698

Funding

Guangdong Provincial International Cooperation Base of Science and Technology (Organ Transplantation) 2015B050501002Guangdong Provincial International Cooperation Base of Science and Technology (Organ Transplantation) 2020A0505020003Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory Construction Projection on Organ Donation and Transplant Immunology 2013A061401007Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory Construction Projection on Organ Donation and Transplant Immunology 2017B030314018Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory Construction Projection on Organ Donation and Transplant Immunology 2020B1212060026Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Project 201704020073National Natural Science Foundation of China 81873591Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province 2022A1515011052Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province 2023A1515011805Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province 2018A050506030
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IFI16 (the murine homologue is IFI204) is an intracellular double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) pattern recognition receptor (PRR) that plays a crucial role in bridging innate and adaptive immunity. However, its function in dendritic cell (DC) activation and anti-hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) efficacy remains poorly characterised. This study demonstrates that IFI16 promotes DC maturation, functional activation and antitumor immunity. This effect occurs through activation of the STING-TBK1-IRF3 signalling pathway. Our findings establish IFI16 as a key molecule enabling DCs to sense dsDNA and initiate antitumor responses. Consequently, targeting IFI16 and its downstream STING-TBK1-IRF3 signalling pathway represents a potential therapeutic strategy for hepatocellular carcinoma.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularDendritic CellsInterferon Regulatory Factor-3Liver NeoplasmsMembrane ProteinsNuclear ProteinsPhosphoproteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesAnimalsCell Line, TumorcGAS-STING Signaling PathwayHumansInnate Immunity RecognitionMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSignal TransductionIFI16 protein, humanIfi16 protein, mouseInterferon Regulatory Factor-3Membrane ProteinsNuclear ProteinsPhosphoproteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSting1 protein, mouseSTING ProteinTbk1 protein, mousehepatocellular carcinomaIFI16IFI204pattern recognition receptorSTINGtumour immunology

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PMID42144282
PMCPMC13431930

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