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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Min Ae Lee-Kirsch
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-59233 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Wolf Christine C Rapp Alexander A Berndt Nicole N Staroske Wolfgang W Schuster Max M Dobrick-Mattheuer Manuela M Kretschmer Stefanie S König Nadja N Kurth Thomas T Wieczorek Dagmar D Kast Karin K Cardoso M Cristina MC Günther Claudia C Lee-Kirsch Min Ae MA
Nature communications 20160527
Immune recognition of cytosolic DNA represents a central antiviral defence mechanism. Within the host, short single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) continuously arises during the repair of DNA damage induced by endogenous and environmental genotoxic stress. Here we show that short ssDNA traverses the nuclear membrane, but is drawn into the nucleus by binding to the DNA replication and repair factors RPA and Rad51. Knockdown of RPA and Rad51 enhances cytosolic leakage of ssDNA resulting in cGAS-dependent ty ...[more]