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Wiktoria Szymanek

University of WarsawORCID 0009-0002-0130-7437Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:chicken / avian· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintMay 21, 2026

RNA length and receptor usage define innate immune recognition across species.

Julia Cieslicka, Karolina Drążkowska, Karolina Pianka…·Pawel J. Sikorski

This study identifies RNA length as a species-specific threshold for innate immune recognition, showing that different RNA sensors (RIG-I and MDA5) determine antiviral sensing across human, duck, and chicken cells.

DOI 10.64898/2026.05.21.726451

humanchicken / avian

ImmunologyScience AdvancesPeer-reviewedApr 9, 2025

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

Karolina Drążkowska, Julia Cieslicka, Michal Kitowicz…·Pawel J. Sikorski

The paper shows that effective dsRNA recognition can occur without inflammation, with distinct pathways activated by different RNA features.

12 citations

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