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SUBMITTER: Linehan MM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5821489 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Linehan Melissa M MM Dickey Thayne H TH Molinari Emanuela S ES Fitzgerald Megan E ME Potapova Olga O Iwasaki Akiko A Pyle Anna M AM
Science advances 20180221 2
We have developed highly potent synthetic activators of the vertebrate immune system that specifically target the RIG-I receptor. When introduced into mice, a family of short, triphosphorylated stem-loop RNAs (SLRs) induces a potent interferon response and the activation of specific genes essential for antiviral defense. Using RNA sequencing, we provide the first in vivo genome-wide view of the expression networks that are initiated upon RIG-I activation. We observe that SLRs specifically induce ...[more]