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Dampened STING-Dependent Interferon Activation in Bats.
Cell host & microbe - 14 Mar 2018
Xie Jiazheng, Li Yang, Shen Xurui, Goh Geraldine, Zhu Yan, Cui Jie, Wang Lin-Fa, Shi Zheng-Li, Zhou Peng
Abstract excerpt
Compared with terrestrial mammals, bats have a longer lifespan and greater capacity to co-exist with a variety of viruses. In addition to cytosolic DNA generated by these viral infections, the metabolic demands of flight cause DNA damage and the release of self-DNA into the cytoplasm. However, whether bats have an altered DNA sensing/defense system to balance high cytosolic DNA levels remains an open question. We...
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