Chromatin‐bound cGAS is an inhibitor of DNA repair and hence accelerates genome destabilization and cell death
Jiang H, Xue X, Panda S, Kawale A, Hooy RM, Liang F, Sohn J, Sung P, Gekara NO. Chromatin‐bound cGAS is an inhibitor of DNA repair and hence accelerates genome destabilization and cell death. The EMBO Journal 2019, 38: embj2019102718. PMID: 31544964, PMCID: PMC6826206, DOI: 10.15252/embj.2019102718.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCyclic GMP-AMP synthaseHomologous recombinationDNA repairGenome destabilizationCell deathChromatin-binding proteinsGMP-AMP synthaseSsDNA filamentsGenome integrityGenomic stressInnate immune sensorsHR repairChromosomal rearrangementsStrand invasionRegulatory mechanismsUnknown roleCytosolic innate immune sensorsCell survivalTemplate dsDNAImmune sensorsBone marrow cellsMicronuclei generationOutcome of infectionMarrow cellsInnate immune activation