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SUBMITTER: Nguyen TA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5679266 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nguyen Tan A TA Smith Blake R C BRC Tate Michelle D MD Belz Gabrielle T GT Barrios Marilou H MH Elgass Kirstin D KD Weisman Alexandra S AS Baker Paul J PJ Preston Simon P SP Whitehead Lachlan L Garnham Alexandra A Lundie Rachel J RJ Smyth Gordon K GK Pellegrini Marc M O'Keeffe Meredith M Wicks Ian P IP Masters Seth L SL Hunter Craig P CP Pang Ken C KC
Immunity 20170912 3
Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) is a common by-product of viral infections and acts as a potent trigger of antiviral immunity. In the nematode C. elegans, sid-1 encodes a dsRNA transporter that is highly conserved throughout animal evolution, but the physiological role of SID-1 and its orthologs remains unclear. Here, we show that the mammalian SID-1 ortholog, SIDT2, is required to transport internalized extracellular dsRNA from endocytic compartments into the cytoplasm for immune activation. Sidt2- ...[more]