Kate Fitzgerald, PhD
Research Focus - Leveraging Nucleic Acid Sensing Pathways for Cancer Immunotherapy
- Understanding inflammatory responses and colonic cancer
- Elucidating tumor DNA-driven responses
- Characterizing the cGAS (cyclic GMP-AMP synthase)-STING (stimulator of interferon genes) signaling pathway and anti-tumor immunity
Representative Publication
Motwani M, Pesiridis S, Fitzgerald KA. DNA sensing by the cGAS-STING pathway in health and disease. Nat Rev Genet. 2019;20(11):657-674.