2021
A stem-loop RNA RIG-I agonist protects against acute and chronic SARS-CoV-2 infection in mice
Mao T, Israelow B, Lucas C, Vogels CBF, Gomez-Calvo ML, Fedorova O, Breban MI, Menasche BL, Dong H, Linehan M, Alpert T, Anderson F, Earnest R, Fauver J, Kalinich C, Munyenyembe K, Ott I, Petrone M, Rothman J, Watkins A, Wilen C, Landry M, Grubaugh N, Pyle A, Iwasaki A. A stem-loop RNA RIG-I agonist protects against acute and chronic SARS-CoV-2 infection in mice. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2021, 219: e20211818. PMID: 34757384, PMCID: PMC8590200, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20211818.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionChronic SARS-CoV-2 infectionVariants of concernLethal SARS-CoV-2 infectionPost-infection therapyLower respiratory tractPost-exposure treatmentType I interferonSARS-CoV-2Effective medical countermeasuresAdaptive immune systemBroad-spectrum antiviralsContext of infectionSingle doseRespiratory tractViral controlImmunodeficient miceSevere diseaseMouse modelI interferonViral infectionImmune systemInnate immunityDisease preventionConsiderable efficacy
2020
Experimental Evolution of Human Rhinovirus Strains Adapting to Mouse Cells
Wasik B, Wasik B, Foxman E, Iwasaki A, Turner P. Experimental Evolution of Human Rhinovirus Strains Adapting to Mouse Cells. Genetic And Evolutionary Computation 2020, 145-157. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-39831-6_12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMouse cellsIdentical selection pressuresExperimental evolution studiesLaboratory tissue cultureCommon cold illnessesViral capsid geneMolecular divergenceExperimental evolutionReplication genesSelection pressureRelated populationsGenetic changesRNA virusesHuman rhinovirus strainsCapsid geneEvolution studiesRV-1BInnate immunityGenesTissue cultureDifferent strainsCellsLA-4 cellsHostMouse host
2017
Sensing Self and Foreign Circular RNAs by Intron Identity
Chen YG, Kim MV, Chen X, Batista PJ, Aoyama S, Wilusz JE, Iwasaki A, Chang HY. Sensing Self and Foreign Circular RNAs by Intron Identity. Molecular Cell 2017, 67: 228-238.e5. PMID: 28625551, PMCID: PMC5610545, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.05.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase SequenceDEAD Box Protein 58Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan EquineEncephalomyelitis, Venezuelan EquineHEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansImmune ToleranceImmunity, InnateIntronsMiceNucleic Acid ConformationProtein BindingRAW 264.7 CellsReceptors, ImmunologicRNARNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalRNA, CircularRNA, MessengerRNA-Binding ProteinsSpliceosomesTransfectionConceptsCircular RNAsInnate immunity genesMammalian transcriptionDiverse RNACytoplasmic fociHuman circRNAsMammalian cellsImmunity genesEndogenous splicingHuman intronsInnate immune sensingPrimary sequenceCircRNA sequenceRNA structureCircRNAsUnknown functionIntronsRNASensor RIGImmune sensingInnate immunitySelf-nonself discriminationPotent inductionSequenceBiogenesis
2014
A Promiscuous Lipid-Binding Protein Diversifies the Subcellular Sites of Toll-like Receptor Signal Transduction
Bonham KS, Orzalli MH, Hayashi K, Wolf AI, Glanemann C, Weninger W, Iwasaki A, Knipe DM, Kagan JC. A Promiscuous Lipid-Binding Protein Diversifies the Subcellular Sites of Toll-like Receptor Signal Transduction. Cell 2014, 156: 705-716. PMID: 24529375, PMCID: PMC3951743, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.01.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsToll-like receptorsToll-like receptor signal transductionSignal transductionDifferent organellesProinflammatory cytokine expressionSubcellular sitesInnate immune signal transductionInnate immune systemPhosphoinositide-binding domainsImmune signal transductionLipid binding proteinMultiple subcellular locationsReceptor signal transductionCytokine expressionLipid targetsImmune systemInnate immunityHost defenseProtein complexesSubcellular locationPlasma membraneAdaptor TIRAPTIRAPNatural activatorFamily members
2010
Innate Immunity to Viruses
Iwasaki A. Innate Immunity to Viruses. 2010, 183-196. DOI: 10.1128/9781555816872.ch15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDNA virusesEndosomal trafficking eventsHost cell machineryMechanism of RNAiAbsence of VpuInnate immunityTrafficking eventsEndonuclease familyCell machineryCytoplasmic DNAE3 ubiquitinLipid raftsCaspase-1 inflammasomeAnalysis of animalCell surfaceViral dsRNADistinct rolesNeighboring cellsAntiviral stateBillions of yearsLike receptorsI IFN productionComplementary sequencesViral RNARNA