Control of retrotransposon-driven activation of the interferon response by the double-stranded RNA binding protein DGCR8
Ana Gázquez-Gutiérrez, Priscilla Chin, Guillermo Peris, Katrina Gordon, Pilar G. Marchante, Jeroen Witteveldt, Pablo Tristán-Ramos, Jérôme O. Rouvière, Lisanne I Knol, Alasdair C. Ivens, Lourdes López-Onieva, Antonio M. Estévez, William Garland, Torben Heick Jensen, Sara R. Heras, Sara Macías
This study shows DGCR8 suppresses endogenous dsRNA from TEs to prevent IFN response activation, with implications for 22qDS.
Nucleic Acids Research · Feb 20, 2026Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology