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ArticleScience advances2025

Effective recognition of double-stranded RNA does not require activation of cellular inflammation.

Karolina Drazkowska, Julia Cieslicka, Michal Kitowicz, Anna Pastucha, Lukasz Markiewicz, Wiktoria Szymanek, Krzysztof Goryca, Tomasz Kowalczyk, Dominik Cysewski, Andreas R Bausch and 1 more

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Karolina DrazkowskaLaboratory of Epitranscriptomics, Faculty of Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2673-7126
Julia CieslickaLaboratory of Epitranscriptomics, Faculty of Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0009-0008-5815-5191
Michal KitowiczLaboratory of Epitranscriptomics, Faculty of Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8721-8779
Anna PastuchaCenter for Functional Protein Assemblies, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Lukasz MarkiewiczCentre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9866-7951
Wiktoria SzymanekLaboratory of Epitranscriptomics, Faculty of Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0009-0002-0130-7437
Krzysztof GorycaGenomics Core Facility, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1250-1008
Tomasz KowalczykClinical Research Centre, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3979-8801
Dominik CysewskiClinical Research Centre, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-6206-0672
Andreas R BauschCenter for Functional Protein Assemblies, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4608-9544
Pawel J SikorskiLaboratory of Epitranscriptomics, Faculty of Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9842-6533

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Excess double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) is present in the cytoplasm of human cells, usually following viral infections. Recognition of dsRNAs activates innate immune pathways, leading to cellular inflammation and inhibition of cell growth. Here, we show that an effective dsRNA response may occur without the onset of inflammation. Pro-inflammatory [RLR (retinoic acid-inducible gene I-like receptor)-dependent pathway] and cell growth inhibitory mechanisms [oligoadenylate synthetase (OAS)/ribonuclease L (RNase L)- and dsRNA-activated protein kinase (PKR)-dependent pathways] can act independently. We found that the 5' ends of dsRNA direct the onset of cellular inflammation, whereas the RNA duplex activates the OAS/RNase L and PKR pathways. Unexpectedly, three of the most common human RNA epitranscriptomic marks-i.e.,

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InflammationRNA, Double-Stranded2',5'-Oligoadenylate SynthetaseAdenosineeIF-2 KinaseEndoribonucleasesHumansImmunity, InnateSignal Transduction2-5A-dependent ribonuclease2',5'-Oligoadenylate SynthetaseAdenosineEIF2AK2 protein, humaneIF-2 KinaseEndoribonucleasesN-methyladenosineRNA, Double-Stranded

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PMID40203104
PMCPMC11980852

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