Condensates, the place to hide self-immunostimulatory RNA.

Mol Cell

Laboratoire de virologie Moléculaire. Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS-Université de Montpellier UMR9002, 141 Rue de la Cardonille, 34296 Montpellier cedex 5, France. Electronic address:

Published: October 2022

Distinguishing the self from the non-self by the immune system is essential to avoid inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Maharana et al. (2022) reveal a mechanism for hiding self-immunostimulatory RNA involving a three-variable equation: SAMHD1 and its exonuclease activity, single-stranded RNA, and RNA-protein condensate.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2022.09.028DOI Listing

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