Innate immune stress pathway activation underlies heterochromatin dysfunction pathology
Roopali Pradhan, Anna F. Townley, Anna Victoria Protasio, Joshua Miguel C. Danac, Yan Dong, Yushan Fang, Alex Appert, Francesco Nicola Carelli, Shixun Han, Heli Vaikkinen, Iva A. Tchasovnikarova, Julie Ahringer
The paper identifies activation of the innate immune stress pathway as a mechanism linking heterochromatin dysfunction to pathological phenotypes in C. elegans and human cells.
bioRxiv · Sep 26, 2026 · PreprintGenetics