2020
m6A Modification Prevents Formation of Endogenous Double-Stranded RNAs and Deleterious Innate Immune Responses during Hematopoietic Development
Gao Y, Vasic R, Song Y, Teng R, Liu C, Gbyli R, Biancon G, Nelakanti R, Lobben K, Kudo E, Liu W, Ardasheva A, Fu X, Wang X, Joshi P, Lee V, Dura B, Viero G, Iwasaki A, Fan R, Xiao A, Flavell RA, Li HB, Tebaldi T, Halene S. m6A Modification Prevents Formation of Endogenous Double-Stranded RNAs and Deleterious Innate Immune Responses during Hematopoietic Development. Immunity 2020, 52: 1007-1021.e8. PMID: 32497523, PMCID: PMC7408742, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2020.05.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDouble-stranded RNADeleterious innate immune responseMammalian hematopoietic developmentEndogenous double-stranded RNAHematopoietic developmentInnate immune responseAbundant RNA modificationMurine fetal liverPattern recognition receptor pathwaysImmune responseProtein codingDsRNA formationRNA modificationsWriter METTL3Hematopoietic defectsPerinatal lethalityNative stateConditional deletionAberrant innate immune responsesLoss of METTL3Hematopoietic failureReceptor pathwayAberrant immune responsePrevents formationFetal liver
2016
O-linked sugars sound the alarm
Gopinath S, Kumamoto Y, Iwasaki A. O-linked sugars sound the alarm. Nature Immunology 2016, 17: 119-120. PMID: 26784258, DOI: 10.1038/ni.3364.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Mitochondrial DNA stress primes the antiviral innate immune response
West AP, Khoury-Hanold W, Staron M, Tal MC, Pineda CM, Lang SM, Bestwick M, Duguay BA, Raimundo N, MacDuff DA, Kaech SM, Smiley JR, Means RE, Iwasaki A, Shadel GS. Mitochondrial DNA stress primes the antiviral innate immune response. Nature 2015, 520: 553-557. PMID: 25642965, PMCID: PMC4409480, DOI: 10.1038/nature14156.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntiviral innate immune responseDNA stressInnate immune responseCGAS-STINGIRF3 pathwayImmune responseStress potentiatesPathwayActivation
2013
Innate immunity
Iwasaki A, Peiris M. Innate immunity. 2013, 267-282. DOI: 10.1002/9781118636817.ch17.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchToll-like receptorsNOD-like receptorsImmune responseVirus infectionInfluenza virusHundreds of IFNProtective host responseInfluenza virus infectionAdaptive immune responsesInnate immune responseType I IFNInfluenza virus replicationInnate immune systemDendritic cellsNK cellsInfluenza infectionIL-1βInnate sensorsAdaptive immunityLike receptorsDetrimental pathologyI IFNAlveolar macrophagesHost responseImmune systemEfficient influenza A virus replication in the respiratory tract requires signals from TLR7 and RIG-I
Pang IK, Pillai PS, Iwasaki A. Efficient influenza A virus replication in the respiratory tract requires signals from TLR7 and RIG-I. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 13910-13915. PMID: 23918369, PMCID: PMC3752242, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1303275110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidCytokinesDEAD Box Protein 58DEAD-box RNA HelicasesFlow CytometryHistological TechniquesImmunity, InnateImmunohistochemistryInfluenza A virusMembrane GlycoproteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsRespiratory Tract InfectionsSignal TransductionToll-Like Receptor 7Viral LoadVirus ReplicationConceptsToll-like receptor 7Innate immune responseRespiratory tractInfected wild-type miceHost innate immune responseAirways of miceViral target cellsWild-type miceAcid-inducible gene 1RIG-I pathwayPattern recognition receptorsHost innate defenseViral replication efficiencyInflammatory mediatorsBronchoalveolar lavageViral loadProinflammatory programProinflammatory responseReceptor 7IAV infectionInflammatory responseVirus infectionLow doseViral replicationVirus replication
2009
Inflammasomes in viral infection
Ichinohe T, Iwasaki A. Inflammasomes in viral infection. Uirusu 2009, 59: 13. PMID: 19927984, DOI: 10.2222/jsv.59.13.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNOD-like receptorsProinflammatory cytokine interleukin-1betaRole of inflammasomesInfluenza virus infectionCytokine interleukin-1betaInnate immune responseCaspase-1 activationIL-33IL-18NLRP3 inflammasomeVirus infectionImmune responseInterleukin-1betaAdaptive immunityInflammasome activationMicrobial motifsDamage-associated signalsViral infectionInflammasomeMultiprotein complexesAdaptor proteinInfectionCertain virusesCell deathIntracellular sensors
2008
Securing Mucosal Borders—Migrant Monocytes to the Rescue
Yap GS, Iwasaki A. Securing Mucosal Borders—Migrant Monocytes to the Rescue. Cell Host & Microbe 2008, 4: 192-194. PMID: 18779043, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2008.08.005.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2004
Recognition of single-stranded RNA viruses by Toll-like receptor 7
Lund JM, Alexopoulou L, Sato A, Karow M, Adams NC, Gale NW, Iwasaki A, Flavell RA. Recognition of single-stranded RNA viruses by Toll-like receptor 7. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2004, 101: 5598-5603. PMID: 15034168, PMCID: PMC397437, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0400937101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsAntigens, DifferentiationBone Marrow CellsChick EmbryoChloroquineCytokinesDendritic CellsEndosomesInterferon-alphaMacrophagesMembrane GlycoproteinsMiceMice, KnockoutMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88OrthomyxoviridaePeritoneumReceptors, Cell SurfaceReceptors, ImmunologicRhabdoviridae InfectionsRNA, ViralSpleenToll-Like Receptor 7Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virusConceptsVesicular stomatitis virusRNA virusesHigh CpG contentGenomes of virusesToll-like receptorsStomatitis virusMammalian genomesGenomic nucleic acidsAdaptor protein MyD88Endocytic pathwayLigand recognitionCpG contentViral infectionTLR adaptor protein MyD88Innate immune responseToll-like receptor 7Molecular signaturesPlasmacytoid dendritic cellsInnate immune cellsProduction of cytokinesGenomeProtein MyD88Types of pathogensNucleic acidsVivo infection