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Biological functions of DEAD/DEAH-box RNA helicases in health and disease

On 15–16 November 2021, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) hosted a virtual workshop on DEAD/DEAH-box RNA helicases in health and disease. The goal of the workshop was to review current advances, and identify knowledge gaps and future research to improve our understanding of the function of RNA helicases, and leverage these molecules as molecular targets with translational potential.

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Fig. 1: Phylogeny of human DEAD/DEAH-box RHs.
Fig. 2: Immuno-therapeutic considerations of RHs.

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Supported by NIH grants DK044533-23 and CA023168-38S1 (O.A.) and AI143265, AI100625 and AI145359 (M.G.).

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O.A. and M.G. served as co-organizers of this workshop, and wrote and edited portions of this report. O.A. designed Fig. 1 and Table 1. M.G. designed Fig. 2 and edited Table 1. Q.L., P.K., W.W.L., K.M., M.V.-N. and I.F. wrote portions of this report.

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Andrisani, O., Liu, Q., Kehn, P. et al. Biological functions of DEAD/DEAH-box RNA helicases in health and disease. Nat Immunol 23, 354–357 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-022-01149-7

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