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 Research
2014
Apoptotic Caspases Prevent the Induction of Type I Interferons by Mitochondrial DNA
Rongvaux A, Jackson R, Harman CC, Li T, West AP, de Zoete MR, Wu Y, Yordy B, Lakhani SA, Kuan CY, Taniguchi T, Shadel GS, Chen ZJ, Iwasaki A, Flavell RA. Apoptotic Caspases Prevent the Induction of Type I Interferons by Mitochondrial DNA. Cell 2014, 159: 1563-1577. PMID: 25525875, PMCID: PMC4272443, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.11.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial outer membrane permeabilizationCell deathOuter membrane permeabilizationType I interferonDNA-dependent activationCaspase-dependent mannerI interferonCGAS/STING pathwayMitochondrial DNAApoptotic caspasesMembrane permeabilizationActive caspasesProapoptotic caspasesMitochondriaCaspasesSTING pathwayIFN responseAntiviral immunityCentral roleDual controlPathwayProinflammatory typeInductionCellsActivation
2012
Phagosome as the Organelle Linking Innate and Adaptive Immunity
Kagan JC, Iwasaki A. Phagosome as the Organelle Linking Innate and Adaptive Immunity. Traffic 2012, 13: 1053-1061. PMID: 22577865, PMCID: PMC3658133, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2012.01377.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProcess of phagocytosisPhagosome traffickingAdaptive immunityAntimicrobial defense mechanismsDefinable unitSubcellular levelT cell-mediated immunityAdaptive immune systemDefense mechanismsToll-like receptorsPhagosomesPhagocytosisImmune systemImmunityMicrobesTraffickingAutophagyPathwayReceptorsInnate
2010
Regulation of Adaptive Immunity by the Innate Immune System
Iwasaki A, Medzhitov R. Regulation of Adaptive Immunity by the Innate Immune System. Science 2010, 327: 291-295. PMID: 20075244, PMCID: PMC3645875, DOI: 10.1126/science.1183021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInnate immune recognitionB lymphocyte-mediated immune responsesImmune responsePattern recognition receptorsImmune recognitionAntigen-specific adaptive immune responsesLymphocyte-mediated immune responsesMicrobial pathogensInnate immune systemAdaptive immune responsesRecognition receptorsHost defenseField of immunologyAdaptive immunityImmune systemFundamental questionsReceptorsRegulationPathwayPathogensInvasionDefenseInjuryInfectionDiscovery