Article
Human RIG-I Antiviral Deficiency Caused by a Dominant-Negative Variant Locked in a Signaling-Inactive State
2026-03-06
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> RIG-I is a cytosolic immune receptor that provides the first line of defense by detecting viral RNA and triggering antiviral responses. Its physiological role in humans remains unclear, as no patients with complete RIG-I deficiency have yet been reported. We identified a critically ill COVID-19 patient with severe RIG-I deficiency caused by heterozygous RIG-I G731R, a novel dominant loss-of-func...
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- Literature Corpus work
- cbe9406b-156b-55fa-a2c5-aca3fd4c6ac3
- DOI
- 10.64898/2026.03.02.26347088
