Regulatory mechanisms of the anti-cancer cGAMP-STING pathway
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Throughout our lifetimes, our bodies encounter a plethora of threats on the cellular level, including pathogen infection, cellular damage, and the development of cancer. When these threats are not properly detected, they can lead to serious health problems, including death. Thankfully, our cells are pre-programmed with an array of innate immune pathways that can quickly respond to threats by detecting specific molecular danger signals that indicate a threat is present. Of these innate immune pathways, the cGAMP-STING pathway is on the forefront of the immune response due to its ability to detect mislocalized double stranded DNA (dsDNA). Since mislocalized dsDNA is a danger signal nearly ubiquitous with cellular threats, the cGAMP-STING pathway is essential for responding to most threats, including pathogen infection, cellular damage, and cancer. Given the extensive role of the cGAMP-STING pathway in defending against threats, regulation of the pathway is crucial to ensure its proper function. In this work, I show how intercellular pathway activation is regulated through cell-type specific transporters of the pathway's agonist, cGAMP, and how intracellular pathway activation is regulated through the E3-ubiquitin ligase PELI2.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2023; ©2023 |
| Publication date | 2023; 2023 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Ritchie, Christopher, (Biochemist) |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Li, Lingyin |
| Thesis advisor | Li, Lingyin |
| Thesis advisor | Gao, Alex |
| Thesis advisor | Kim, Peter, 1958- |
| Degree committee member | Gao, Alex |
| Degree committee member | Kim, Peter, 1958- |
| Associated with | Stanford University, School of Medicine |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Biochemistry |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Christopher Ritchie. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Biochemistry. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2023. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/zs781fm0976 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2023 by Christopher Ritchie
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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