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SAMHD1 Research Digest — 2026-09-06

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Summary: 13 papers evaluated | 2 high-relevance (≥7) | 6 medium (5–6) | 5 low (3–4) | 0 scored <3


🔴 High Relevance (Score 7–10)

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The mitochondrial RNA extrusion-induced innate immunity is regulated by N6-methyladenosine machinery (from RNA epigenetics/molecular virology)
Hu Qing; Zhang Yifei; Wang Shixuan; Zeng Xueping; Wang Fengyu — preprint (preprint) 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: VDAC1, cGAS-STING, NLRP3, treatment-target

This paper details VDAC1-mediated mitochondrial nucleic acid (mtRNA) extrusion activating cytosolic PRRs (RIG-I/MDA5/TLR/PKR), directly extending the BLUE-loop VDAC1-macropore mechanism central to SAMHD1 A565T interferon pathology beyond mtDNA to mtRNA, with m6A machinery as a novel druggable node.
DOI: 10.64898/2026.08.27.747681

Neonatal Aicardi-Goutières syndrome presenting with macrophage activation syndrome-like hyperinflammation and severe congenital glaucoma: a case report. (from pediatric rheumatology/neonatology and ophthalmology)
Konak Murat; Bozkurt Banu; Ceylaner Gülay; Cüceoğlu Müşerref Kasap; Özdemir Fati — Pediatric rheumatology online journal 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: AGS-spectrum, JAK-STAT, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

AGS type 2 case with type I interferonopathy responding to JAK1/2 inhibitor (ruxolitinib) directly parallels the SAMHD1 interferonopathy spectrum, MAS-like hyperinflammation, and glaucoma phenotype tracked in the family, plus congenital glaucoma overlaps with a listed family phenotype.
DOI: 10.1186/s12969-026-01264-x

🟡 Medium Relevance (Score 5–6)

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Cardiomyocyte-intrinsic somatic mtDNA mutations induce an OXPHOS-dependent immune response and promote progressive heart failure. (from cardiology/aging biology)
Bubb Kristina; Rigoni Giovanni; Papadea Polyxeni; Pironti Gianluigi; Misic Jelen — Science advances 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: POLG-mtDNA, mito-ROS-NF-kB, clinical-phenotype

Demonstrates that cardiomyocyte-intrinsic POLG-driven mtDNA mutations trigger an immune/antigen-presentation response and progressive heart failure, paralleling the PURPLE-stream POLG stalling→ox-mtDNA→immune activation mechanism and supporting cardiac relevance of mitochondrial-immune crosstalk in the SAMHD1 model.
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aec8606

Beyond genes: EpiSwitch® and Orion platform-powered 3D genome architecture biomarkers reveal shared biology across ME/CFS, long COVID, PTSD, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis. (from systems genomics/epigenetics (3D chromatin architecture biomarker platform) applied across rheumatology, neurology, and post-viral fatigue syndromes)
Hunter Ewan; Alshaker Heba; Vugrinec Dominik; Bautista Shekinah; Gebregzabhar Ab — Journal of translational medicine 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: ME-CFS, cGAS-STING, mTOR-lysosomal, JAK-STAT, clinical-phenotype

This paper identifies shared immune/interferon/mitochondrial/mTOR pathway convergence across ME/CFS, long COVID, RA, and MS using 3D genomic architecture analysis, directly relevant to the proband's ME/CFS phenotype and the family's autoimmune/interferonopathy features (RA tracked in family phenotypes) even though SAMHD1 is not mentioned.
DOI: 10.1186/s12967-026-08874-9

Modulatory effects of methyl gallate on the inflammatory response in gout arthritis via P2X7 receptor. (from Pharmacology/Rheumatology)
Pereira Felipe M S; Correa Luana B; Seito Leonardo N; Ranke Natalia L VON; Mende — Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, urate-NLRP3, treatment-target

This paper directly addresses the GOLD pathway (dGTP→purine catabolism→uric acid→MSU crystals→NLRP3) via P2X7-mediated MSU/NLRP3 activation and IL-1β release, offering a treatment target relevant to the gout phenotype tracked in the family.
DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202620250722

Mitochondrial immunometabolism in sepsis: bridging immune cell dysfunction and organ failure. (from Critical care/sepsis immunometabolism)
Zhang Xingzhan; Zhao Ling; Fu Wei; Pan Lili; Wu Huanhuan — Frontiers in immunology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

Reviews mtDNA/mtROS/cardiolipin-driven cGAS-STING and NLRP3 activation as core drivers of sepsis organ failure, mechanistically overlapping with the SAMHD1 A565T ox-mtDNA→cGAS-STING/NLRP3 loops even though SAMHD1 itself is not mentioned.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1921226

Leptin attenuates heat stress-induced mitoxyperilysis in porcine Sertoli cells by suppressing the mtDNA-cGAS-STING axis. (from veterinary reproductive biology/animal science)
Guo Ming; Zhang Jinyang; Gu Shanshan; Gao Yawen; Zhu Zhendong — Journal of animal science and biotechnology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, VDAC1, NF-kB-IKK, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

Demonstrates VDAC1-mediated mtDNA leakage activating cGAS-STING-TBK1-IRF3/NF-κB axis and inflammatory cytokine production, directly paralleling the BLUE pathway mechanism in the SAMHD1 model, with leptin as a novel mitochondrial-protective therapeutic modulator of this axis.
DOI: 10.1186/s40104-026-01489-6

Gut microbiota–mitochondria–barrier–multiorgan axis: a network-based hypothesis for systemic injury (from Gastroenterology/Critical Care Medicine)
Yachao Li; Huai-Jue Qiu; Xiang Gao; Yanling Zhang; Qin Xia — Frontiers in Immunology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, mito-ROS-NF-kB, clinical-phenotype

Describes mtDNA/mtDAMP-driven cGAS-STING and NLRP3 activation as a mechanistic hub linking mitochondrial dysfunction to systemic inflammation, paralleling the SAMHD1-driven Loop A/B mitochondrial-innate immune convergence though in a gut-microbiota context rather than SAMHD1 pathway directly.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1885379

🟢 Low Relevance (Score 3–4)

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Quantitative adaptor heterogeneity sets single-cell thresholds for innate immune activation and attenuation (from single-cell biophysics/systems immunology)
Dey Arpan; Cui Yuhao; Nawalpuri Bharti; Meisl Georg; Sewell Gavin — preprint (preprint) 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: NF-kB-IKK, other

This paper studies MyD88/TLR-driven NF-κB signaling heterogeneity in macrophages, tangential to the SAMHD1-cGAS-STING-NLRP3-NF-κB interferonopathy axis but not directly connected to SAMHD1, dNTP metabolism, or mitochondrial pathology.
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-10682444/v1

Mutant p53 Gain-of-Function and Immune Suppression: Mathematical Modeling of STING-TBK1-IRF3 Axis Restoration for Enhanced Cancer Therapy. (from computational oncology/mathematical biology)
Omer Salaheldin; Ouifki Rachid; Mambili-Mamboundou Hermane — Mathematical biosciences 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING

This is a mathematical modeling paper about mutant p53 suppression of the STING-TBK1-IRF3 axis in cancer immune evasion, touching the same IFN-I signaling node relevant to SAMHD1 biology but with no connection to SAMHD1, dNTP metabolism, or the family phenotype.
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2026.109806

NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation and Atherogenic Lipid Profile in Hemodialysis Patients. (from Nephrology/dialysis)
Abdelaziz Mohammed N; Elshabrawy Nehal; Almenshawy Ahmed; Elsodany Karim A; Elka — Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: NLRP3

Studies NLRP3 inflammasome and lipid atherogenicity in hemodialysis patients without any SAMHD1, interferon, or mitochondrial dNTP connection, only tangentially touching the NLRP3 node in this framework.
DOI: 10.1002/1744-9987.70158

Precision genome editing strategies for enduring lipid lowering in atherosclerosis. (from Cardiology/lipidology gene therapy)
Chowdhury Durlav; Singh Nirdesh; Garai Swarnalata; Pandey Devi Prasad; Bodakhe S — European journal of pharmacology 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

Reviews precision genome editing (CRISPR, base/prime editing, AAV/LNP delivery) for lipid-lowering in atherosclerosis, offering only generic technology overlap with gene therapy correction strategies but no SAMHD1, interferonopathy, or mitochondrial pathway relevance.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2026.179312

NIR-II Small-Molecule Shuttle-Like Nanoassemblies for Mild-Temperature NIR-II Photothermal Enhanced Cuproptosis/STING Activation and Cancer Immunotherapy. (from oncology nanomedicine/photothermal therapy)
Dong Xue; Zhu Junfan; Sun Ying; Li Nianshu; Dai Shipeng — 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, VDAC1

This is a cancer nanomedicine paper using mtDNA-release/cGAS-STING activation as an immunotherapy mechanism in tumors, unrelated to SAMHD1 haploinsufficiency but tangentially touching the same downstream cGAS-STING/mtDNA-release pathway.
DOI: 10.1002/smll.75620


Pathway Coverage This Week

  • cGAS-STING: 7 papers
  • NLRP3: 5 papers
  • treatment-target: 5 papers
  • clinical-phenotype: 4 papers
  • mito-ROS-NF-kB: 4 papers
  • VDAC1: 3 papers
  • JAK-STAT: 2 papers
  • NF-kB-IKK: 2 papers
  • AGS-spectrum: 1 papers
  • POLG-mtDNA: 1 papers
  • ME-CFS: 1 papers
  • mTOR-lysosomal: 1 papers
  • urate-NLRP3: 1 papers
  • other: 1 papers
  • prime-editing: 1 papers
  • gene-therapy-delivery: 1 papers

SAMHD1 Research Digest — 2026-09-02

Generated by samhd1_monitor | Model: claude-sonnet-5

Summary: 8 papers evaluated | 2 high-relevance (≥7) | 4 medium (5–6) | 2 low (3–4) | 0 scored <3


🔴 High Relevance (Score 7–10)

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Reprogramming Autoimmune Immunity via Mitochondrial Quality Control: Mechanisms, Biomarkers, and Windows for Intervention. (from Rheumatology/Autoimmunity)
Chen Xiao; Ding Jie; Meng Liu-Qing; Li Shu-Fang; Chen Yong — International immunopharmacology 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, ISG15-mitophagy, treatment-target, NF-kB-NLRP3-priming

This review directly discusses mitophagy/mtDNA-driven cGAS-STING-IFN-I amplification and NLRP3 hyperactivation as autoimmune drivers, mirroring the SAMHD1 A565T mitochondrial-interferon mechanism and proposing biomarker/treatment windows analogous to JAK inhibitor or MCC950-style interventions relevant to this family's phenotype.
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2026.117316

Adipose-cartilage communication via EV-Mito-mtDNA signaling promotes osteoarthritis progression. (from Orthopedics/Rheumatology (osteoarthritis and obesity-adipose biology))
Gu Cheng; Liao Fawei; Kong Ganggang; Yin Shiyi; Jiang Yifei — 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

Demonstrates mtDNA (via EV transfer) activating cGAS-STING to drive inflammation and senescence, directly paralleling the BLUE loop (VDAC1-mtDNA-cGAS-STING-IFN) mechanism central to the SAMHD1 model, with therapeutic inhibition data.
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aee6780

🟡 Medium Relevance (Score 5–6)

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Combined MEK1/2 and Autophagy Inhibition Suppresses Tumor Growth via STING-Mediated Type I Interferon Response in iCCA. (from Oncology (hepatobiliary cancer/MEK inhibitor pharmacology))
Sun Chengqiang; Gao Zheng; Dong Enfu; Ding Liangxia; Feng Shanru — Cancer science 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, mTOR-lysosomal, ISG15-mitophagy, treatment-target

Demonstrates that autophagy/mitophagy suppresses cGAS-STING-TBK1 type I IFN signaling and that combined inhibition unleashes IFN-I output, directly modeling the mitophagy-IFN crosstalk (BLUE/RED loops) central to SAMHD1 pathology, though in an oncology (iCCA) rather than SAMHD1 context.
DOI: 10.1111/cas.70436

Neonatal Reversible Aortic Constriction Mice Model Unlocks Distinctive Footprints of Young Heart Recovery. (from Pediatric cardiology/cardiac surgery)
Huang Longming; Luo Kai; Zhang Xinjie; Zeng Guowei; Chen Bo — 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, ISG15-mitophagy, treatment-target

This paper demonstrates the mtDNA-cGAS-STING pathway driving cardiac remodeling and shows mitophagy/urolithin A suppress STING activation, mechanistically paralleling the BLUE/RED loops in the SAMHD1 model and offering relevance to the cardiomyopathy/mitochondrial-cardiac phenotype tracked in the family, though it lacks any SAMHD1 connection.
DOI: 10.1161/jaha.125.047618

Uracil-DNA glycosylase 1 mitigates acute kidney injury inflammation by maintaining mtDNA homeostasis (from Nephrology)
xiaohui Liao; Wang Chunxia; Tang Wei; Xie Pan; Wang Yuting — 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, POLG-mtDNA, NF-kB-NLRP3-priming

Demonstrates mtDNA damage/leakage driving cGAS-STING inflammatory signaling in acute kidney injury via UNG1/SSBP1-mediated mtDNA repair, mechanistically parallel to the POLG-stalling/ox-mtDNA/cGAS-STING loop central to SAMHD1 A565T pathology though in a distinct disease context.
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-10469724/v1

Single-cell Unperturbed Activation Profiling by mass cytometry captures in vivo immune signaling in SLE. (from Rheumatology/single-cell mass cytometry biomarker methodology)
Burns Marie; Ostendorf Lennard; Abbas Amro; Ferrara Sebastian; Hirseland Heike — Frontiers in immunology 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: JAK-STAT, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

SLE study demonstrating type I IFN-driven pSTAT1/pSTAT3 signaling and baricitinib (JAK inhibitor) treatment monitoring is mechanistically relevant to the RED IFN-JAK-STAT pathway and JAK inhibitor therapeutics in the SAMHD1 interferonopathy model, though it does not involve SAMHD1 directly.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1844288

🟢 Low Relevance (Score 3–4)

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Leukotrichia: A comprehensive review of follicular depigmentation. (from Dermatology)
Iamsumang Wimolsiri; Kositkuljorn Chaninan; Leerunyakul Kanchana; Sakpuwadol Naw — The Journal of international medical research 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: poliosis-neural-crest, clinical-phenotype

This dermatology review on leukotrichia/piebaldism/Waardenburg-associated follicular depigmentation is tangentially relevant only insofar as it illuminates neural crest melanocyte biology underlying the family's tracked poliosis/silver-streak phenotype, with no direct SAMHD1 or interferon-mitochondrial pathway content.
DOI: 10.1177/03000605261483177

ZBP1 in Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration: Z-Nucleic-Acid Sensing, RHIM Signalling and Therapeutic Targeting. (from neurology/neuroimmunology)
Șerban Matei; Toader Corneliu; Covache-Busuioc Răzvan-Adrian — 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, clinical-phenotype

ZBP1 senses oxidized mtDNA and self nucleic acids to trigger RIPK/MLKL inflammatory pathways in neuroinflammation, an innate-immune sensing mechanism parallel to but distinct from SAMHD1/cGAS-STING axis with only indirect relevance to the AuDHD/ME-CFS neuroinflammatory phenotype.
DOI: 10.3390/ijms27167478


Pathway Coverage This Week

  • cGAS-STING: 6 papers
  • treatment-target: 5 papers
  • ISG15-mitophagy: 3 papers
  • clinical-phenotype: 3 papers
  • NF-kB-NLRP3-priming: 2 papers
  • NLRP3: 1 papers
  • mito-ROS-NF-kB: 1 papers
  • mTOR-lysosomal: 1 papers
  • POLG-mtDNA: 1 papers
  • JAK-STAT: 1 papers
  • poliosis-neural-crest: 1 papers

SAMHD1 Research Digest — 2026-08-19

Generated by samhd1_monitor | Model: claude-sonnet-5

Summary: 13 papers evaluated | 2 high-relevance (≥7) | 8 medium (5–6) | 3 low (3–4) | 0 scored <3


🔴 High Relevance (Score 7–10)

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A genome-wide map of the genetic network in monocytes that regulates type I interferon induction by the cGAS-STING pathway. (from functional genomics/CRISPR screening)
Thomsen Emil Aagaard; Zhao Jian; Narita Ryo; Davis Luther J; Olagnier David — Science signaling 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target, NF-kB-IKK

This CRISPR screen maps genetic regulators of cGAS-STING-driven IFNB1 induction in monocytes, directly relevant to the BLUE pathway (cGAS-STING-IRF3-IFN-I) implicated in SAMHD1 haploinsufficiency and identifies novel druggable nodes (e.g., TBK1/HDAC3) for interferonopathy therapy.
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adx3808

Type I Interferonopathies in the Differential Diagnosis of Vasculitis: A Comprehensive Review. (from Rheumatology/vasculitis)
Gürbüz Nida; Ismayilova Shams; Ahmadova Gulnar; Çiftçi Rena; Aksu Güzide — Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, JAK-STAT, AGS-spectrum, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

This review directly covers SAMHD1 as a monogenic type I interferonopathy gene within the cGAS-STING/JAK-STAT axis, discusses interferon gene signature diagnostics and JAK inhibitor therapy, and links IFN-I dysregulation to vasculitic/autoimmune phenotypes relevant to the family's rheumatologic and autoimmune manifestations, though it does not focus specifically on SAMHD1 A565T.
DOI: 10.3791/71286

🟡 Medium Relevance (Score 5–6)

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Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz. Polysaccharides Alleviate Liver Fibrosis in Association With Suppression of cGAS-STING Signaling and Mitochondrial Apoptosis. (from Hepatology/ethnopharmacology)
Wu Jiali; Hu Xianzhe; Liu Jing; Peng Hongye; Chen Bo — Journal of ethnopharmacology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, treatment-target

Demonstrates a natural compound suppressing cGAS-STING-NLRP3 signaling and mitochondrial danger signaling to reduce liver fibrosis, directly relevant to the BLUE/Loop A axis and NF-κB-NLRP3 priming mechanism central to the disease model, though it is in a non-SAMHD1 liver fibrosis context.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2026.122313

The mitophagy-inflammasome axis: a shared pathological hub in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. (from neurology/neurodegeneration)
Long Wei; Yuan Mengqin; Wang Sirui; Tan Xinyue; Gao Li-Chen — Translational neurodegeneration 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

Reviews mitophagy-inflammasome crosstalk (ROS/mtDNA-driven NLRP3 activation and mitophagy suppression) that parallels the PURPLE/RED/Loop B mechanisms in the SAMHD1 syndrome, though focused on neurodegeneration rather than SAMHD1 directly.
DOI: 10.1186/s40035-026-00578-w

PPARα deficiency exacerbates atherosclerosis progressing through enhancing pTh17 cells-macrophage crosstalk. (from Cardiology/vascular immunology)
Ren Tong; Jiang Xilin; Wu Jianfeng; Yan Changsheng; Peng Lu — 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target, other

Demonstrates mtDNA leakage activating the cGAS-STING axis to drive pathogenic immune cell differentiation and inflammation in atherosclerosis, mechanistically parallel to the BLUE loop mitochondrial-to-cGAS-STING signaling in SAMHD1 haploinsufficiency though in a distinct disease context.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2026.179247

Long-chain chlorinated paraffins exposure induces premature ovarian failure by disrupting the balance of mitochondrial fission. (from Reproductive toxicology/gynecology)
Xu Chenhui; Deng Haochu; Tian Xue; Ma Shuang; Kong Yuebing — 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, other

Demonstrates a toxicant-induced mitochondrial fission-mtDNA leakage-cGAS-STING-senescence axis mechanistically analogous to the disease's BLUE pathway (VDAC1/mtDNA/cGAS-STING) though in a reproductive rather than immune context.
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-026-05696-7

Minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation protects against postoperative pulmonary endothelial injury in elderly cardiac surgery via suppressing the C5a-mtDNA-cGAS-STING axis: a mechanistic randomized controlled trial. (from Cardiothoracic surgery / perioperative critical care)
Zhao Yun; Wang Jiaxing; Yang Zhaohua; Ma Wenrui; Wang Chunsheng — 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target, other

Demonstrates mtDNA release triggering cGAS-STING activation and endothelial injury in a surgical inflammation model, mechanistically parallel to the BLUE/mitochondrial-cGAS-STING axis in SAMHD1 haploinsufficiency though not disease-specific.
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2026.117281

Engineered Exosome-Mediated FIH-1 Delivery for Targeted Therapy of Hyperuricemic Nephropathy by Inhibiting NF-κB/NLRP3 Inflammasome Signaling and Restoring Autophagic Homeostasis. (from Nephrology/regenerative medicine (exosome-based nanotherapeutics))
Xiao Ting; Liu Yu; He Zhe; Yang Ailing; Li Jing — Advanced healthcare materials 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: urate-NLRP3, NF-kB-NLRP3-priming, NLRP3, treatment-target, mTOR-lysosomal

Demonstrates uric acid/MSU-driven NF-κB/NLRP3 activation and autophagy restoration in nephropathy, directly paralleling the GOLD gout/urate-NLRP3 axis and NF-κB priming crosstalk relevant to SAMHD1-driven interferon-mitochondrial disease, though it is a nephrology/regenerative-medicine context without SAMHD1 linkage.
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.71602

Mitochondrial Dysfunction as a Central Hub of Aging: From Molecular Cascades to Inter-Organ Communication Networks. (from Gerontology/aging biology)
Han Chaodong; Zhang Zilian; Song Yafeng — Gerontology 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

This general aging review covers cGAS-STING/NLRP3-driven inflammation from mitochondrial dysfunction and mitokine signaling, mechanistically overlapping with the Purple/Blue/Gold loops but without any SAMHD1, dNTP, or disease-specific data.
DOI: 10.1159/000553430

Virus-like particles enable targeted gene engineering and pooled CRISPR screening in primary human myeloid cells. (from gene therapy / synthetic biology engineering)
Jung Hyuncheol; Devant Pascal; Ching Carter; Ota Mineto; Dann Emma — Nature biotechnology 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, treatment-target

This paper describes a VLP-based CRISPR/base-editing delivery platform for primary human myeloid cells, relevant as a potential future correction/delivery strategy for SAMHD1 immune-cell mutations but not directly addressing SAMHD1 or its interferon-mitochondrial mechanism.
DOI: 10.1038/s41587-026-03258-2

🟢 Low Relevance (Score 3–4)

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Lactate oxidase-engineered manganese layered double hydroxide nanoplatform amplifies cGAS-STING activation for tumor immunotherapy. (from Nanomedicine/oncology)
Cai Feng; Jiang Dengsheng; Geng Mingzhe; Xu Hongbo; Song Shilong — 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target

Describes cGAS-STING activation via mtDNA release and oxidative mitochondrial damage in a tumor immunotherapy nanoplatform, mechanistically touching the pathway but in an oncology-engineering context unrelated to SAMHD1 haploinsufficiency or its downstream family phenotypes.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2026.153862

Astragaloside IV Protects against PM2.5-Induced Spermatocyte Injury via the cGAS-STING/Nrf2/HMOX1 Axis. (from reproductive toxicology/andrology)
Jin Jin; Zhang Congxue — Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target

This paper demonstrates cGAS-STING pathway activation and pharmacologic suppression (via AS-IV) in a PM2.5-induced spermatocyte toxicity model, showing mechanistic overlap with the interferon arm of the syndrome but in an unrelated reproductive toxicology context without SAMHD1 or mitochondrial dNTP linkage.
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2026.109328

Sex-sikpecific associations between serum uric acid and chronic rhinosinusitis: a retrospective case-control study. (from Otolaryngology/Rheumatology (uric acid metabolism))
Zhou Jiaxin; Wu Fan; Wang Chang; Kong Haobo; Liu Yehai — Frontiers in allergy 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: urate-NLRP3

Paper links serum uric acid to chronic rhinosinusitis via sex-specific effects, touching the GOLD pathway (uric acid/MSU-NLRP3 axis) only tangentially without any SAMHD1, interferon, or mitochondrial mechanism.
DOI: 10.3389/falgy.2026.1870468


Pathway Coverage This Week

  • treatment-target: 11 papers
  • cGAS-STING: 9 papers
  • NLRP3: 4 papers
  • other: 3 papers
  • mito-ROS-NF-kB: 2 papers
  • urate-NLRP3: 2 papers
  • NF-kB-IKK: 1 papers
  • JAK-STAT: 1 papers
  • AGS-spectrum: 1 papers
  • clinical-phenotype: 1 papers
  • NF-kB-NLRP3-priming: 1 papers
  • mTOR-lysosomal: 1 papers
  • gene-therapy-delivery: 1 papers

SAMHD1 Research Digest — 2026-08-05

Generated by samhd1_monitor | Model: claude-sonnet-5

Summary: 9 papers evaluated | 3 high-relevance (≥7) | 3 medium (5–6) | 3 low (3–4) | 0 scored <3


🔴 High Relevance (Score 7–10)

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Circadian rhythm disruption induces cardiac hypertrophy via promoting the mtDNA release-activated cGAS-STING pathway. (from Cardiology)
Ouyang Zizhang; Luo Runqi; Li Jingxuan; Huang Qiuyan; Chen Ziying — 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

Demonstrates mtDNA release-driven cGAS-STING activation causing cardiac hypertrophy, directly relevant to Loop A mechanism and the family's cardiac/mitochondrial-interferonopathy phenotype spectrum.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2026.118309

ATP6AP2 ameliorates inflammation and pyroptosis in heart failure by promoting lysosome-dependent STING degradation. (from Cardiology)
Zhao Xuan; Zhang Hui; Ding Xinyue; Wu Huimin; Li Min — Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target, NLRP3, mTOR-lysosomal

Demonstrates lysosome-mediated STING degradation regulating STING-TBK1-IRF3 signaling and downstream pyroptosis/inflammation in a cardiac model, directly relevant to the BLUE loop's cGAS-STING axis and cardiac interferonopathy phenotype relevant to family cardiology risk.
DOI: 10.1007/s10495-026-02415-x

JAK inhibitor therapy in CANDLE syndrome: a systematic review of clinical outcomes in 46 patients. (from Pediatric rheumatology/autoinflammatory disease)
Vahabi Seyed Mohammad; Pourgholi Elnaz; Leblebici Can Berk; Crisler William J; H — European journal of pediatrics 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: JAK-STAT, AGS-spectrum, treatment-target

CANDLE is a proteasome-associated type I interferonopathy successfully treated with JAK inhibitors (baricitinib/tofacitinib), directly supporting the JAK-STAT axis and JAK-inhibitor therapeutic strategy relevant to SAMHD1-driven interferonopathy.
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-026-07293-8

🟡 Medium Relevance (Score 5–6)

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Extracellular vesicle-delivered siRNA targeting RCN1 suppresses acute myeloid leukemia through TFAM-dependent mtDNA-cGAS-STING signaling (from Oncology/hematology)
Huan Chen; N. An; Linlin Yang; Jin Lou; Yuming Pan — Extracellular Vesicles and Circulating Nucleic Acids 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target, gene-therapy-delivery

Demonstrates mtDNA leakage-driven cGAS-STING-IFN-I activation via a TFAM-mitochondrial genome instability axis analogous to the BLUE pathway, plus EV-siRNA delivery relevant to future targeted therapeutics, though in an oncology (AML) rather than SAMHD1 context.
DOI: 10.20517/evcna.2026.36

Isobavachin Attenuates Renal and Cardiac Injury in Chronic Hyperuricemia via Modulation of NF-κB and NLRP3 Signaling Pathways. (from Nephrology/Cardiology pharmacology (natural compound therapeutics for hyperuricemia-induced organ damage))
Li Yongmei; Xu Yuexin; Ye Wenjie; Yu Zeqi; Wu Zhenkun — Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: urate-NLRP3, NF-kB-NLRP3-priming, NLRP3, treatment-target

This paper demonstrates that uric acid drives NF-κB/NLRP3 inflammasome activation causing renal and cardiac injury, directly modeling the GOLD pathway (dGTP→purine catabolism→uric acid→NLRP3) and NF-κB-NLRP3 priming crosstalk relevant to SAMHD1-driven interferonopathy, though it lacks any SAMHD1 or interferon-specific mechanism.
DOI: 10.1002/jbt.71058

Advancements in Diagnosis and Care for Immune Dysregulation and Inborn Errors of Immunity in Pediatric Rheumatology - Our 50-year Journey. (from Pediatric rheumatology)
M. Day-Lewis; Jennifer L Cheng; Edward M. Behrens; Melissa M Hazen; E. Janssen — Arthritis care & research 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, JAK-STAT, AGS-spectrum, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

General review of pediatric rheumatology's role in interferonopathies and inflammasome-driven disease provides relevant clinical/therapeutic framing (JAK inhibitors, IL-1/IL-18 targeting) but lacks specific SAMHD1 or mechanistic pathway data.
DOI: 10.1002/acr.80127

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IFI16/204 Promotes Dendritic Cell Activation and Anti-Hepatocellular Carcinoma Efficacy via the STING-TBK1-IRF3 Signalling Pathway. (from Oncology/Hepatology (tumor immunology))
Zhang Long; He Wenjing; Zhang Hanyuan; Zhang Xuzhi; Wang Hanyu — Immunology 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, other

This paper demonstrates STING-TBK1-IRF3 signaling driving IFN-I-related dendritic cell activation, a downstream node in the BLUE pathway, but is focused on anti-tumor immunity in HCC rather than SAMHD1 biology, mitochondrial dysfunction, or the interferonopathy syndrome described.
DOI: 10.1111/imm.70152

Imaging Findings of Pediatric Rheumatic Disorders: JIA in the PRINTO Era and Autoimmune Interferonopathies. (from Pediatric radiology/rheumatology)
Y. Tsujioka; Yoshitake Yamada; Gen Nishimura; Tatsuo Kono; Masahiro Jinzaki — Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: JAK-STAT, AGS-spectrum, clinical-phenotype

This is a general pediatric rheumatology imaging review that mentions interferonopathies as a conceptual framework but provides no mechanistic or SAMHD1-specific data relevant to the disease profile.
DOI: 10.1111/ped.70487

CRISPR-Based Genome Editing in Contemporary Clinical Medicine: Therapeutic Translation, Global Challenges and the Future of Precision Medicine (from genomic medicine/regulatory policy)
Gabriel Alejandro Ortega Moreno; Gerardo Amaya Villagran; Andrés Mauricio Umaña * — International Science Journal 2026
Score:
3/10* | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing

General CRISPR clinical translation review with no mention of SAMHD1 or related interferon/mitochondrial pathways, only tangentially relevant as background on gene editing platforms that could theoretically correct SAMHD1 variants.
DOI: 10.64784/277


Pathway Coverage This Week

  • treatment-target: 6 papers
  • cGAS-STING: 5 papers
  • clinical-phenotype: 3 papers
  • NLRP3: 3 papers
  • JAK-STAT: 3 papers
  • AGS-spectrum: 3 papers
  • gene-therapy-delivery: 2 papers
  • mTOR-lysosomal: 1 papers
  • urate-NLRP3: 1 papers
  • NF-kB-NLRP3-priming: 1 papers
  • other: 1 papers
  • prime-editing: 1 papers

SAMHD1 Research Digest — 2026-08-02

Generated by samhd1_monitor | Model: claude-sonnet-5

Summary: 24 papers evaluated | 2 high-relevance (≥7) | 13 medium (5–6) | 9 low (3–4) | 0 scored <3


🔴 High Relevance (Score 7–10)

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Mitochondrial DNA oxidation propagates autoimmunity by enabling plasmacytoid dendritic cells to induce TFH differentiation 2253320 (from Rheumatology/Autoimmunity)
Hongxu Xian; Michael Karin — The Journal of Immunology 2026
Score: 8/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, cGAS-STING, IRF7-metabolic, POLG-mtDNA, NF-kB-NLRP3-priming, clinical-phenotype

Demonstrates that oxidized mtDNA released via NLRP3/caspase-1/gasdermin-D drives pDC-mediated IL-1β and IFN-α signaling to promote TFH differentiation and autoantibody-driven autoimmunity, directly reinforcing the ox-mtDNA-NLRP3-IFN convergence central to the SAMHD1 A565T mechanism and its autoimmune/rheumatologic phenotype spectrum.
DOI: 10.1093/jimmun/vkag141.168

Pannexin1 promotes cellular senescence by triggering mtDNA release to activate the cGAS-STING pathway. (from Nephrology (acute kidney injury/chronic kidney disease and cellular senescence))
Li Jiaqi; Zhao Xin; Shen Yanting; Huang Liuwei; Guo Jie — 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NF-kB-IKK, VDAC1, treatment-target

This paper demonstrates mtDNA release via mPTP/BAX activating cGAS-STING to drive NF-κB-mediated SASP and IRF3 interferon output, directly paralleling the BLUE/Loop A mechanism (mtDNA escape → cGAS → STING → IFN-I plus NF-κB crosstalk) central to the SAMHD1 interferon-mitochondrial syndrome, though in a renal senescence rather than SAMHD1 context.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2026.168388

🟡 Medium Relevance (Score 5–6)

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Diazonium-Enabled Post-Synthetic Construction of Enantiomeric Single-Atom Nanoagents Used for Alzheimer's Disease Treatment. (from Neurology/Nanomedicine)
Ya Junlin; Liu Mengmeng; Ji Yanjun; Tong Zhibo; Luo Bin — 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target

Demonstrates mtDNA leakage-driven cGAS-STING activation in neuroinflammation and a nanoagent therapeutic strategy directly targeting this core pathway, relevant to the interferon-mitochondrial mechanism though not SAMHD1-specific.
DOI: 10.1002/smll.74610

The Role of Inflammation and Immunity in Cardiovascular Disease: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets. (from Cardiology)
Rong Jiaxiang; Wang Zhen; Lin Xiaoxiao; Lei Ziwen; Huang Qianqian — 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, NF-kB-IKK, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

This review synthesizes cGAS-STING, NLRP3, and mitochondrial DAMP-driven inflammatory circuits in cardiovascular disease that mechanistically overlap with the SAMHD1-driven interferon-mitochondrial pathways implicated in the family's cardiac and metabolic phenotypes, though it does not address SAMHD1 directly.
DOI: 10.1002/mco2.70878

Mito-TEMPO attenuates LPS-induced acute lung injury accompanied by ferroptosis suppression and reduced HSP90-STING association. (from Pulmonology/critical care)
Yao Yun; Guo Wei; Tian Yujia; Zeng Lisheng; Xia Xin — International immunopharmacology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

Demonstrates mitochondrial ROS scavenging (Mito-TEMPO) disrupting STING signaling (via HSP90-STING/TBK1-IRF3) and downstream ferroptosis in acute lung injury, directly paralleling the BLUE pathway's cGAS-STING-IFN axis and mito-ROS/NF-kB crosstalk relevant to interferonopathy-driven mitochondrial damage.
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2026.117210

Modulation of Toll-like receptor driven monocyte activation by JAK-STAT inhibitors in people with HIV. (from Infectious disease/HIV immunology)
Camard Marion; Plaçais Léo; Bitu Marie; Mouanga Christelliah; Bourdic Katia — AIDS (London, England) 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: JAK-STAT, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

Demonstrates JAK-STAT inhibitors (baricitinib, a drug listed as therapeutically relevant) suppressing TLR-driven IFN-I monocyte activation, directly supporting the RED pathway/IFN-JAK-STAT axis therapeutic rationale relevant to SAMHD1 interferonopathy management.
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000004530

The Autophagy-Inflammasome Axis as a Molecular Switch: From Persistent Inflammation to Vascular Remodeling in IVIG-Resistant Kawasaki Disease. (from Pediatric rheumatology/cardiology (Kawasaki disease vasculitis))
Zhang Rong; Zhang Jiaqi; Yang Yanzhi; Wang Ya; Cao Haijun — 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

Discusses mitophagy dysfunction driving cGAS-STING/NLRP3 inflammasome activation and IL-1β signaling in a pediatric vasculitis, mechanistically parallel to the SAMHD1 interferon-mitochondrial-inflammasome axis but in a distinct clinical context.
DOI: 10.3390/ijms27146405

Rocket-Inspired Sequentially Targeted Nanotherapeutics for Mitochondrial Regulation and Inflammatory Reprogramming in Ischemic Stroke. (from neurology/nanomedicine)
Bai He; Yong Zihao; Li Yang; Chen Qingmin; Liu Yong — 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target, other

Demonstrates a Drp1/mtDNA/cGAS-STING axis driving neuroinflammation with a mitochondrial-targeted nanotherapeutic, mechanistically adjacent (mtDNA release/cGAS-STING) though not SAMHD1-specific and in a different disease context (stroke).
DOI: 10.1002/advs.76859

Research Progress on Regulating Neuroinflammation After Spinal Cord Injury by Targeting the cGAS-STING Pathway. (from Neurosurgery/Spinal cord injury)
Xu Nanjian; Ma Weihu; Dong Weixin; Yu Liang — Neuromolecular medicine 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, treatment-target

Reviews cGAS-STING/mtDNA-driven NLRP3 activation and pyroptosis in neuroinflammation, mechanistically overlapping with Loop A/B and NLRP3 priming/activation core to the SAMHD1 syndrome, though in a spinal cord injury context rather than SAMHD1 disease.
DOI: 10.1007/s12017-026-08938-5

Köhlmeier-Degos disease is an interferonopathy characterized by type I and II interferon-driven inflammatory vasculopathy. (from Dermatology/Vasculopathy (rare disease immunology))
Cudrici Cornelia D; Goel Shubham; Sakamoto Keiko; Jin Seon-Pil; Sekiguchi Akiko — Cell reports. Medicine 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: JAK-STAT, AGS-spectrum, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

This paper demonstrates a type I/II interferonopathy vasculopathy responsive to JAK inhibition (ruxolitinib), directly paralleling the IFN-I-driven mechanism and JAK inhibitor therapeutic strategy relevant to SAMHD1-mediated interferonopathy, though it does not involve SAMHD1 or mitochondrial dNTP pathways.
DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2026.102947

Exercise alleviates neuroinflammation and cognitive decline in aged mice via hepatic FGF21-driven microglial mitophagy. (from Neurology/Exercise Physiology)
Li Pengda; Wu Tao; Chen Mengjie; Wang Nan; Jia Xiaopeng — 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, mTOR-lysosomal, treatment-target

The paper demonstrates cytosolic mtDNA accumulation driving cGAS-STING neuroinflammation and its reversal via AMPK-TFEB-mediated mitophagy, directly paralleling the BLUE loop and mitophagy-block mechanisms central to the SAMHD1 syndrome, though in an aging/exercise context rather than SAMHD1-specific.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2026.106935

Phase-dependent dynamics of circulating cell-free mitochondrial DNA reflect distinct immunometabolic states (from Infectious disease/tropical medicine (tuberculosis) and pediatric cardiac surgery)
Karen Alessandra Rodrigues; Emilly Henrique dos Santos; Gabriel Acca Barreira; M — Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: VDAC1, NLRP3, POLG-mtDNA, clinical-phenotype

Circulating cell-free mtDNA as a DAMP linking mitochondrial damage to innate immune activation is directly relevant to the BLUE/PURPLE loop mechanisms (VDAC1-mediated mtDNA release, NLRP3 activation) even though SAMHD1 is not studied.
DOI: 10.1590/S1678-9946202668048

Mitochondrial peptide MOTS-c suppresses systemic and cardiac inflammasome activation in a diabetic rat model. (from Cardiology/metabolic physiology)
Mills Aimee R; de Souza Antonio; Pham Toan; Mugisho Odunayo O — Experimental physiology 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, urate-NLRP3, treatment-target, other

Demonstrates a mitochondrial-derived peptide suppressing NLRP3 inflammasome activation (with uric acid correlation) in a diabetic cardiac model, relevant as an adjacent NLRP3/mitochondrial dysfunction mechanism and potential therapeutic strategy but not tied to SAMHD1/interferon pathways.
DOI: 10.1113/EP093714

Microglial immunometabolic reprogramming in Alzheimer's disease: From mitochondrial dysfunction and redox imbalance to NLRP3 inflammasome-driven neuroinflammation. (from Neurology/Alzheimer's disease neuroimmunology)
Li Siyu; Jin Juntao; Liu Yingying; Yuan Jing; Dong Yuhan — Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, mito-ROS-NF-kB, other

This review addresses mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidized mtDNA, and NLRP3 inflammasome activation in AD microglia, mechanistically overlapping with the PURPLE/GOLD/mito-ROS-NF-kB streams but in a neurodegenerative rather than SAMHD1-interferonopathy context.
DOI: 10.1177/13872877261469862

Prime editing enables drug-controllable T-cell therapies with clinical immunosuppression. (from Hematology/gene therapy engineering)
Bandala-Sanchez Esther; Petley Emma V; Ramsay Kerry; Hilton Adrienne; White Chri — Blood 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery, treatment-target

Demonstrates multiplex prime editing to correct pathogenic immune-dysregulation variants and engineer drug-resistant T-cells, directly relevant as a translational platform for future correction of heterozygous missense mutations like SAMHD1 A565T in immune/myeloid cells, though not disease-specific.
DOI: 10.1182/blood.2026033156

🟢 Low Relevance (Score 3–4)

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FROM ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL TO ON-DEMAND: PERSONALIZED CRISPR GENE EDITING FOR RARE GENETIC LIVER DISEASES. (from Hepatology/gene therapy)
Anh Tuan Quan — Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

This review covers CRISPR/base/prime editing and LNP delivery platforms for monogenic liver diseases, offering only general technological overlap with future SAMHD1 correction strategies but no direct SAMHD1, interferon, or mitochondrial pathway relevance.
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2026.102892

CRISPR application in hematological disorders: from bench to bedside. (from Hematology/gene therapy)
Ladisa Francesco; Morelli Eugenio; Soncini Debora; Garibotto Matteo; Munshi Nikh — Blood advances 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

This is a general review of CRISPR/base/prime editing in hematologic diseases with no SAMHD1, interferon, or mitochondrial pathway content, only tangentially relevant as background on editing modalities that could theoretically correct a SAMHD1 missense variant in hematopoietic/myeloid cells.
DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2025017417

Dual Roles of Free Fatty Acids in Gout Pathogenesis: Inflammatory Drivers and Metabolic Mediators. (from Rheumatology/metabolic lipidology)
Lin Na; Shao Chongyu — International journal of rheumatic diseases 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, urate-NLRP3

Discusses FFA-driven NLRP3 activation and MSU crystal gout mechanisms which touch the GOLD pathway (uric acid-NLRP3 axis) but lacks any SAMHD1, interferon, or mitochondrial dNTP connection.
DOI: 10.1111/1756-185x.70799

Extracellular vesicle-mediated immune crosstalk in rheumatoid arthritis synovium: mechanistic insights and translational challenges (from Rheumatology/EV biology)
Feng Luo; Xuemei Yuan; Heng Zhou; Qiuyi Wang; Changming Chen — Frontiers in Immunology 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: NF-kB-IKK, JAK-STAT, cGAS-STING, clinical-phenotype

This review discusses RA synovial EV-mediated NF-κB/JAK-STAT/cGAS-STING signaling, which touches on core interferonopathy pathways and matches the RA family phenotype, but has no direct SAMHD1, mitochondrial dNTP, or NLRP3 mechanistic link.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1891984

Rutin as a multi-target anti-inflammatory phytochemical in arthritic disorders: pharmacological mechanisms and therapeutic potential. (from Rheumatology/phytopharmacology)
Nazir Muhammad Muzammil; Ashraf Asma — Inflammopharmacology 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, urate-NLRP3, NF-kB-IKK, JAK-STAT

This phytochemical review on rutin in arthritis touches tangentially on NLRP3, NF-κB, JAK-STAT, and urate pathways relevant to the GOLD stream and RA/gout family phenotypes, but has no connection to SAMHD1, interferon signaling, or mitochondrial mechanisms.
DOI: 10.1007/s10787-026-02351-x

Nanobody-STING Agonist Reprogram the Tumor Microenvironment and Improve Adoptive Cell Therapy for Solid Tumors 2309144 (from Oncology/immunotherapy)
Neil C. Chada; Alex Lee; H. Frank; Dawn K. Oh; Hannah Ki — The Journal of Immunology 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target

This paper uses a STING agonist to boost tumor immunity in oncology/immunotherapy context, tangential to the SAMHD1 disease's constitutive STING activation pathway but not addressing interferonopathy, SAMHD1, or mitochondrial dysfunction mechanisms.
DOI: 10.1093/jimmun/vkag141.1501

ESCAPE: assigning site-specific activity to covalent ligands in cells by prime editing (from chemical biology/cancer pharmacology)
Tse Jason; Brothers William; Hayward Rachel; Barbas Sabrina; Sheng Kai — preprint (preprint) 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: prime-editing

This paper describes a general prime-editing-based functional genomics platform for covalent ligand characterization in cancer cell lines, unrelated to SAMHD1 biology, interferonopathy, or immune/myeloid gene correction strategies.
DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.28.741261

In vivo reconstruction of the cell lineage history of a developing mouse with DNA Typewriter, from zygote to late organogenesis (from Developmental biology/genomics)
Yu Qi; Kim Haedong; Seidel Sophie; Acosta-Clark James; Martin Beth — preprint (preprint) 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: prime-editing

This paper demonstrates a prime editing-based lineage tracing technology in mouse embryos, which is only tangentially relevant as a general prime editing methodology advance rather than a myeloid/immune-targeted gene correction strategy applicable to SAMHD1 A565T.
DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.29.741625

Poly(I:C) and QS-21 combination suppresses breast tumor growth and metastasis by repolarizing tumor associated macrophages to anti-tumor macrophages. (from oncology/tumor immunology)
Zheng Haoxin; Jin Yanyan; Wang Zixuan; Yang Guang; Li Jianming — European journal of pharmacology 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: JAK-STAT, cGAS-STING, treatment-target

This oncology-immunotherapy paper uses TBK1-IRF3/type I IFN and JAK-STAT signaling in macrophages, which overlaps mechanistically with the interferonopathy axis but is applied to TNBC immunotherapy rather than SAMHD1 biology.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2026.179203


Pathway Coverage This Week

  • treatment-target: 14 papers
  • cGAS-STING: 12 papers
  • NLRP3: 9 papers
  • clinical-phenotype: 7 papers
  • JAK-STAT: 5 papers
  • prime-editing: 5 papers
  • NF-kB-IKK: 4 papers
  • mito-ROS-NF-kB: 3 papers
  • other: 3 papers
  • urate-NLRP3: 3 papers
  • gene-therapy-delivery: 3 papers
  • POLG-mtDNA: 2 papers
  • VDAC1: 2 papers
  • IRF7-metabolic: 1 papers
  • NF-kB-NLRP3-priming: 1 papers
  • AGS-spectrum: 1 papers
  • mTOR-lysosomal: 1 papers

SAMHD1 Research Digest — 2026-07-29

Generated by samhd1_monitor | Model: claude-sonnet-5

Summary: 12 papers evaluated | 3 high-relevance (≥7) | 8 medium (5–6) | 1 low (3–4) | 0 scored <3


🔴 High Relevance (Score 7–10)

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Mitophagy mitigates mitochondrial DNA-induced activation of cGAS-STING in autoimmune thyroiditis (from Endocrinology/Rheumatology—autoimmune thyroiditis model provides orthogonal evidence for cGAS-STING-driven tissue-specific autoimmunity that bridges to systemic interferonopathy phenotype in multi-system SAMHD1 families.)
Xiao-Chen Xie; Yang Guo; Ran Guo; Yong-Ze Li; Shan-Shan Wang — Nature Communications 2026
Score: 8/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, VDAC1, ISG15-mitophagy, POLG-mtDNA, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

Directly demonstrates mtDNA-cGAS-STING axis driving autoimmune disease via impaired mitophagy (PINK1/Parkin/TAX1BP1), mechanistically overlapping with the RED and BLUE loops in SAMHD1 A565T haploinsufficiency; identifies STING inhibition as therapeutic target applicable to convergent interferonopathy.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-76047-9

NLRP3 Inhibitor KBD3536 Attenuates Acute Inflammation, Radiation-Induced Skin Injury, and Early Metabolic Dysfunction in Preclinical Models. (from Pharmacology/medicinal chemistry (NLRP3 inhibitor drug discovery and preclinical efficacy testing))
Qian Xinying; Ye Fei; Li Zhiyong; Chu Hongzhu; Xu Zeng — Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: urate-NLRP3, NLRP3, NF-kB-IKK, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

KBD3536 is a novel NLRP3 inhibitor with demonstrated efficacy in MSU-induced acute inflammation (gouty arthritis) and HFD-induced metabolic dysfunction—two pathologies directly implicated in the SAMHD1 A565T family phenotype (dGTP → purine catabolism → uric acid → MSU-NLRP3 axis; hepatic steatosis via IRF7-metabolic reprogramming); the paper provides preclinical validation of NLRP3 inhibition as a therapeutic strategy for this converged interferonopathy-metabolic syndrome.
DOI: 10.3390/ph19071083

CRISPR screening identifies GNPTAB as a noncanonical STING activator driving cellular senescence. (from Cell biology/gerontology—lysosomal biology and senescence mechanotransduction, not traditionally part of immunology or rheumatology training.)
Yin Jian; Gao Yizhou; Jing Yaobin; Jiang Xiaoyu; Wang Feibo — Protein & cell 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NF-kB-IKK, mTOR-lysosomal, treatment-target

GNPTAB-STING noncanonical activation via direct protein-protein interaction (E1119 interface) provides a novel upstream STING priming mechanism independent of canonical cGAS-mtDNA sensing; this represents an alternative route to STING/TBK1/NF-κB axis hyperactivation relevant to the BLUE and NF-κB crosstalk loops in A565T interferonopathy, with actionable therapeutic potential (STING-GNPTAB interface antagonism) for suppressing senescence-associated STING amplification.
DOI: 10.1093/procel/pwag049

🟡 Medium Relevance (Score 5–6)

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DNAJB12/14 redox switching directs chaperone- and Bax/Bak-dependent ER protein reflux. (from Cell biology / ER stress and proteostasis; redox biochemistry)
Abu Madegam Laila; Gavriel Noa; Adebisi Raifu Tolulope; Igbaria Aeid — Redox biology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: BIK-cancer, mTOR-lysosomal, NF-kB-IKK, apoptosis-autophagy switch

BIK-mediated BAX/BAK recruitment to ER during severe ER stress mechanistically overlaps with the apoptosis-autophagy switch dysregulated in SAMHD1 haploinsufficiency, where ISGylation of BH3-only proteins and mitochondrial damage drive cell death; redox-sensitive DNAJB chaperone control of proteostasis and ER-to-cytosol signaling may modulate the severity of interferonopathy-driven ER stress in this family.
DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2026.104324

Pectolinarigenin Attenuates LPS-Induced Lung Inflammation and Injury with Reduced HDAC3/NF-κB/NLRP3 Signaling. (from Pulmonology/immunotoxicology; plant natural products pharmacology)
Kim Danbee; Lee Dong-Keon; Park Jeong-Ran — Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, NF-kB-IKK, NF-kB-NLRP3-priming, treatment-target

Pectolinarigenin directly modulates the HDAC3/NF-κB/NLRP3 axis in LPS-induced inflammation, addressing two key steps in the proband's pathophysiology: NF-κB transcriptional priming of NLRP3 (Signal 1) and NLRP3 inflammasome activation (Signal 2); HDAC3 inhibition is a mechanistically novel approach to breaking the NF-κB–NLRP3 feed-forward loop and reducing mitochondrial ROS-driven inflammation, though the study uses acute LPS challenge rather than the chronic mitochondrial dNTP–oxMtDNA–NLRP3 circuit specific to SAMHD1 haploinsufficiency.
DOI: 10.3390/antiox15070898

Evolutionary history and recombination in the mitochondrial carrier SLC25 superfamily analyzed by similarities in the exon and transmembrane α‐helix sequences (from Evolutionary biology / structural proteomics)
Magnus Monné; D. V. Miniero; R. Calvello; A. Cianciulli; Luigi Palmieri — Protein Science : A Publication of the Protein Society 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: mito-dNTP-transport, nucleotide-rewiring, other

This evolutionary/structural analysis of SLC25 superfamily (including PNC1/PNC2 nucleotide carriers) provides mechanistic foundation for understanding how substrate-specific subfamilies arose, directly relevant to the PNC1/2-mediated mitochondrial dNTP import bypass that drives NLRP3 hyperactivation in SAMHD1 haploinsufficiency; exon recombination patterns could illuminate functional specialization of dNTP transporters.
DOI: 10.1002/pro.70727

Synthetic Toll-Like Receptors for Control of Innate Immunity With Far-Red Light. (from Synthetic optogenetics/photobiology—a tool discipline offering potential mechanistic insight and future targeting strategy for the NF-κB and interferon regulatory axis but without direct mitochondrial, dNTPase, or disease-specific validation.)
Leopold Anna V; Verkhusha Vladislav V — Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NF-kB-IKK, IRF7-metabolic, treatment-target

Synthetic TLR optogenetics with MyD88→NF-κB/IRF3/IRF7 axis reprogramming is mechanistically adjacent to the NF-κB priming of NLRP3 and the dual IKKε-driven NF-κB + IRF7 crosstalk that sustains the convergent interferon–mitochondrial syndrome in SAMHD1 p.A565T haploinsufficiency; optical dissection of TLR→MyD88→NF-κB/IRF signaling could reveal druggable nodes in the IKK-NEMO complex and IRF7-metabolic amplification loop.
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202520640

Targeting the NLRP3/Caspase-1 pyroptotic pathway exacerbates insulin resistance upon exposure to nanoplastics with different surface chemistries. (from Environmental toxicology and metabolic disease; bridges to rare disease through convergent NLRP3-inflammasome-insulin-resistance axis and mitochondrial dysfunction phenocopy of SAMHD1 haploinsufficiency.)
Yao Xinxin; Cao Yu; Lin Sue; Chen Shihua; Xie Feiqin — Journal of hazardous materials 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, mitochondrial-ROS-NF-kB, oxidative-stress-mtDNA, metabolic-dysfunction-insulin-resistance, inflammasome-pyroptosis, other

Paper demonstrates NLRP3/caspase-1 pyroptotic activation downstream of nanoplastic-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and cytosolic mtDNA accumulation in metabolic stress (hyperglycemia/insulin resistance), directly modeling the PURPLE-loop mechanism (ox-mtDNA → NLRP3) and BLUE-loop (mtDNA escape → inflammasome) operative in SAMHD1 A565T haploinsufficiency; validates NLRP3 inhibition as partial rescue strategy for metabolic phenotypes, but lacks SAMHD1, dNTPase, or dNTP-mediated mechanism, and uses exogenous environmental trigger rather than genetic haploinsufficiency.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.143078

Astilbin Alleviates Gouty Arthritis via Regulating NLRP3 Inflammasome and NF-κB Signaling Pathway: A Comprehensive Study on In Vitro and In Vivo Experimental Models. (from Rheumatology/Pharmacology (natural product anti-inflammatory); mechanism-of-action study demonstrating dual NLRP3–NF-κB inhibition in gouty arthritis model, transferable to dNTP-driven NLRP3 hyperactivation in SAMHD1-deficient states.)
Zhang Xiaoxi; Fu Gaoyang; Zhao Xinyu; Huang Yan; Li Fenfen — Nutrients 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: urate-NLRP3, NLRP3, NF-kB-IKK, NF-kB-NLRP3-priming, treatment-target

Astilbin suppresses MSU-crystal–induced NLRP3 inflammasome and NF-κB signaling (P-p65, P-IKKα, P-IκBα, cleaved-caspase-1), directly targeting the GOLD pathway (dGTP → uric acid → MSU → NLRP3) and the NF-κB priming axis that sustains IL-1β autocrine amplification in SAMHD1 haploinsufficiency; relevant as a potential adjunctive therapeutic for the inflammatory arm of convergent interferon–mitochondrial syndrome in this family.
DOI: 10.3390/nu18142360

Blood transcriptome bridges orthogonal immunotypes and gut microbiome enterotypes in humans. (from Microbiome/Metabolomics)
Affaticati Fabio; Ha My K; Gehrmann Thies; De Boeck Ilke; Kuznetsova Mariia — Cell reports 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NF-kB-IKK, JAK-STAT, NLRP3, clinical-phenotype

Blood transcriptome integration identifies two distinct inflammatory profiles—interferon-driven versus NF-κB/IL-6-driven—that directly map to the divergent activation streams (BLUE interferon loop vs. PURPLE/GOLD NLRP3 loops) in SAMHD1 A565T haploinsufficiency; gut microbiota-immune axis bridging is relevant to family's reported gastrointestinal heterogeneity and immunotype stratification in interferonopathy populations.
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117752

Evaluation of Zebularine as a Potential DNA Methyltransferase 1 Inhibitor Associated With SAMHD1 Expression in Cancer Cells (from Oncology)
Muhammad Zeeshan Ahmed; Mahnoor Fatima; Ayesha Shahbaz; Zeeshan Mutahir — ChemistrySelect 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: BIK-cancer, SAMHD1, treatment-target

Zebularine modulates SAMHD1 expression in prostate cancer cells (relevant to BIK-prostate axis and SAMHD1 as tumor suppressor in family phenotype), but mechanistic connection is via DNMT1 epigenetic silencing rather than dNTPase activity, mitochondrial dysfunction, or interferonopathy pathways central to A565T haploinsufficiency.
DOI: 10.1002/slct.73893

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VRK3 promotes KSHV infection by suppressing the antiviral type I interferon response. (from Virology/Oncology (KSHV tropism and persistent infection pathogenesis, not immunometabolic or rare disease))
Yu Caroline J; Damania Blossom — PLoS pathogens 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: IRF3, cGAS-STING, JAK-STAT, other

VRK3 suppresses IRF3 and TBK1 activation in KSHV infection, which intersects the cGAS-STING→IRF3→IFN-I axis (BLUE Loop), but lacks SAMHD1 involvement, mitochondrial pathology, dNTP metabolism, NLRP3, or direct relevance to the A565T haploinsufficiency mechanism driving the convergent interferon–mitochondrial syndrome.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1014400


Pathway Coverage This Week

  • treatment-target: 7 papers
  • NF-kB-IKK: 7 papers
  • NLRP3: 5 papers
  • cGAS-STING: 3 papers
  • clinical-phenotype: 3 papers
  • other: 3 papers
  • urate-NLRP3: 2 papers
  • mTOR-lysosomal: 2 papers
  • BIK-cancer: 2 papers
  • NF-kB-NLRP3-priming: 2 papers
  • JAK-STAT: 2 papers
  • VDAC1: 1 papers
  • ISG15-mitophagy: 1 papers
  • POLG-mtDNA: 1 papers
  • mito-ROS-NF-kB: 1 papers
  • apoptosis-autophagy switch: 1 papers
  • mito-dNTP-transport: 1 papers
  • nucleotide-rewiring: 1 papers
  • IRF7-metabolic: 1 papers
  • mitochondrial-ROS-NF-kB: 1 papers
  • oxidative-stress-mtDNA: 1 papers
  • metabolic-dysfunction-insulin-resistance: 1 papers
  • inflammasome-pyroptosis: 1 papers
  • SAMHD1: 1 papers
  • IRF3: 1 papers

↩ Re-run 08:33 UTC | Model: claude-sonnet-5

Summary: 1 new papers | 0 high-relevance (≥7) | 1 medium (5–6) | 0 low (3–4)

🟡 Medium Relevance

Multiple Roles of G3BP1 in Regulating STING-Dependent Interferon and Cytokine Induction by Cytosolic dsDNA and HSV-1 Infection. (from Virology/cell stress biology)
Trupti Devale; Praveen Manivannan; K. Malathi — Viruses 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target

Details G3BP1 as a regulator of cGAS-STING signaling (STING Golgi trafficking, IFN/cytokine output) directly relevant to the BLUE loop mechanism underlying the SAMHD1 interferonopathy, though it does not involve SAMHD1 itself.
DOI: 10.3390/v18070719

SAMHD1 Research Digest — 2026-07-18

Generated by samhd1_monitor | Model: claude-sonnet-5

Summary: 35 papers evaluated | 6 high-relevance (≥7) | 17 medium (5–6) | 12 low (3–4) | 0 scored <3


🔴 High Relevance (Score 7–10)

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Transition Metal Activation Reframes SAMHD1 Regulation. (from biochemistry/metalloenzyme spectroscopy)
Calderone Logan A; Gizzi Anthony; Pinninti Soumika; Stivers James T; Pandelia Ma — ACS chemical biology 2026
Score: 8/10 | Pathways: dNTPase, treatment-target

This paper directly characterizes the metal cofactor requirements (iron/manganese) for SAMHD1's dNTPase catalytic activity, providing fundamental mechanistic insight into the enzyme whose partial loss-of-function (as in A565T) drives the entire dNTP pool expansion cascade underlying this syndrome.
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6c00438

Mitochondrial dynamics and metabolic regulation in cellular inflammation: From mechanisms to precision therapeutics. (from Pharmacology/mitochondrial cell biology)
Park Woo Hyun — Pharmacology & therapeutics 2026
Score: 8/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, cGAS-STING, mito-dNTP-transport, nucleotide-rewiring, treatment-target, VDAC1

Directly engages ox-mtDNA/cGAS-STING/NLRP3 activation via mitochondrial dynamics and explicitly discusses the YME1L-SLC25A33 pyrimidine-imbalance axis, closely paralleling the PNC1/2 nucleotide-carrier mechanism central to the disease model.
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2026.109086

MGMT deficiency augments STING-mediated inflammatory responses accompanied by metabolic alterations in macrophages. (from DNA repair biology / cancer genetics)
Kongkavitoon Pornrat; Boonmee Atsadang; Pattarakankul Thitiporn; Wongprom Benjaw — Scientific reports 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NF-kB-IKK, treatment-target, other

Demonstrates that DNA repair deficiency (MGMT) amplifies STING-TBK1-IRF3 signaling and mitochondrial oxidative metabolism in macrophages, directly relevant to the interferon-mitochondrial crosstalk (cGAS-STING/IRF3, mitochondrial respiration, DNA damage) central to the SAMHD1 syndrome's BLUE/RED loops.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-62431-4

The Development of UM-232, a Covalent STING Antagonist. (from Medicinal chemistry/drug discovery)
Barasa Leonard; DeOrsey Leo; O'Reilly Maeve D; Cahill Sara E; Choudhary Shruti — ACS medicinal chemistry letters 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target

Describes a novel covalent STING antagonist directly targeting the cGAS-STING axis (Loop A) that drives the IFN-I overproduction central to this SAMHD1 haploinsufficiency syndrome, offering potential therapeutic relevance despite no direct SAMHD1 data.
DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6c00114

Electroacupuncture alleviates spinal cord injury by regulating M2-like polarization of myeloid cells through CMPK2/NLRP3 inflammasome inhibition. (from Neurology/Rehabilitation (spinal cord injury, acupuncture))
Zhang Kai; Zhang Mengru; Chen Yi; Ni Ziao; Huang Yi — International immunopharmacology 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, mito-dNTp-transport, nucleotide-rewiring, treatment-target

This paper directly implicates CMPK2 as a regulator of NLRP3 inflammasome activation and myeloid polarization, mechanistically connecting the CMPK2-dependent mitochondrial dNTP salvage pathway (a key node in the SAMHD1/PNC1/PNC2 nucleotide-rewiring model) to NLRP3-driven neuroinflammation, offering a non-obvious cross-context validation of the CMPK2/NLRP3 axis relevant to the SAMHD1 haploinsufficiency mechanism.
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2026.116989

Mitochondrial DNA efflux as a potential amplifier of systemic inflammatory network rewiring in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (from Cardiology)
Xingwei Zhao; Shengyu Huang; Qiuling Li; Yang Yu; Chunxiang Zhang — Frontiers in Immunology 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, NF-kB-NLRP3-priming, POLG-mtDNA, clinical-phenotype, treatment-target

Describes mtDNA release activating cGAS-STING/TLR9 and NLRP3 inflammasome as a cross-organ inflammatory amplifier, directly paralleling the BLUE/Loop A and NLRP3 priming mechanisms in the SAMHD1 syndrome model though in a cardiology (HFpEF) context rather than SAMHD1-driven disease.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1866184

🟡 Medium Relevance (Score 5–6)

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Niflumic acid suppresses NLRP3 inflammasome activation by limiting chloride efflux and mitochondrial ROS production. (from pharmacology/drug repurposing)
Li Yuanhao; Xie Qianqian; Sun Tianyin; Lu Jiwei; Li Mengmeng — Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, mito-ROS-NF-kB, urate-NLRP3, treatment-target

Paper details a mitochondrial ROS-dependent NLRP3 activation mechanism (via chloride efflux/TMEM16F) and MSU-crystal-driven inflammasome activation, both directly paralleling the GOLD (urate-NLRP3) and mito-ROS-NF-kB routes in the disease model, with NFA representing a potential adjunct NLRP3-targeting therapeutic.
DOI: 10.1007/s00011-026-02328-0

Targeting CCDC90B restores intestinal stem cell function under hyperuricemic stress. (from Gastroenterology/stem cell biology)
Peng Xiuying; Li Moxuan; Zeng Kaixuan; Lv Wantong; Huang Shuai — Stem cell reports 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, urate-NLRP3, treatment-target

Demonstrates the GOLD-stream mechanism (uric acid → mitochondrial ROS → NLRP3 activation) directly, relevant to the family's SAMHD1-driven dGTP/purine catabolism route to inflammasome activation, albeit in intestinal stem cells rather than immune cells.
DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2026.102970

Ring-finger protein 5 protects against diabetic kidney disease by targeting and degrading STING. (from Nephrology/Endocrinology (diabetic kidney disease))
Dong Chunping; Sun Yan; Li Hui; Qiao Yuan; Gao Shan — Pathology, research and practice 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NF-kB-IKK, treatment-target

Demonstrates RNF5-mediated ubiquitin degradation of STING suppressing TBK1/IRF3/NF-kB activation and fibrosis in diabetic kidney disease, offering a plausible downstream therapeutic node for the STING/NF-kB arm of the interferon-mitochondrial syndrome despite being in a different clinical context (nephrology/diabetes).
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2026.156618

Targeting MDA5-Mediated Interferon Responses in Type 1 Diabetes: Structural Insights, Mechanism, and Potential Therapeutic Approaches. (from Endocrinology (type 1 diabetes autoimmunity))
Iwaloye Opeoluwa F; Mathews Clayton E; Li Danmeng — Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: IRF7-metabolic, NF-kB-IKK, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

MDA5/IFIH1-driven type I interferon signaling via TBK1/IKKε-IRF and NF-κB converges mechanistically with the SAMHD1 cGAS-STING/NF-κB interferonopathy axis and shares therapeutic logic (JAK/IFN pathway targeting) relevant to autoimmune comorbidities in the family phenotype spectrum.
DOI: 10.1177/10799907261467555

Senegenin mitigates neuroinflammation, pyroptosis, and apoptosis in cerebral ischemia via inhibiting STING and downstream inflammatory pathway. (from neurology/stroke pharmacology)
Chauhan Chandan; Kaundal Ravinder K — European journal of pharmacology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, NF-kB-IKK, treatment-target

Demonstrates pharmacological STING-TBK1-IRF3 and NF-κB/NLRP3 pathway inhibition reducing pyroptosis/apoptosis in a disease model, directly relevant to the core Loop A/B mechanism though in an unrelated ischemic stroke context rather than SAMHD1-driven interferonopathy.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2026.179147

Dietary riboflavin blocks the cGAS-STING pathway to curb hypoxia-induced hepatic inflammation in sub-adult grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). (from veterinary/aquaculture nutrition science)
Zhong Lin; Feng Lin; Wu Pei; Jiang Weidan; Zhang Hongyun — Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, VDAC1, NF-kB-IKK, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

This fish study demonstrates VDAC1/mtDNA-driven cGAS-STING-TBK1-IRF3/NF-kB (p-P65) activation causing hepatic inflammation under hypoxia, mirroring the BLUE loop and NF-kB crosstalk mechanisms in the SAMHD1 syndrome, with riboflavin as a mitochondrial-protective therapeutic lever relevant to treatment strategies.
DOI: 10.1016/j.aninu.2026.01.012

Reduced myocardial NRG-1/ErbB4 signaling is associated with STING-linked macrophage pyroptotic signaling in sepsis-induced cardiac injury. (from Cardiology/sepsis)
Wei Yanian; Wang QianWen; Shen Cheng; Pan Xia; Kang Wen — International immunopharmacology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, NF-kB-IKK, treatment-target

This paper demonstrates cGAS-STING-TBK1-IRF3/NF-kB signaling driving macrophage pyroptosis (NLRP3, caspase-1, GSDMD-N) in cardiac injury, directly relevant to the interferon-inflammasome axis and cardiac phenotype seen in the SAMHD1 family, though it lacks any SAMHD1 connection.
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2026.117044

LKB1/ AMPK deficiency aggravates mitochondrial DNA leakage via mTOR-dependent mitophagy damage in liver injury sensitized by trichloroethylene. (from Occupational/environmental toxicology and hepatology)
Zhu Lifu; Wan Chenghuan; Li Zijun; Fan Xuan; Liu Dongsheng — 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, mTOR-lysosomal, treatment-target

Demonstrates mitophagy failure leading to mtDNA leakage and cGAS-STING-driven inflammation via LKB1/AMPK/mTOR axis, mechanistically parallel to the mitochondrial-interferon convergence in the SAMHD1 syndrome despite a different toxicological trigger.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2026.112261

Microglial mitophagy as an immunometabolic checkpoint in alzheimer's disease: linking mitochondrial quality control to neuroinflammation. (from Neurodegeneration/neuroimmunology)
Zou Mingyue; Zhao Tengyu; Wu Weidong; Zhang Jian; Pan Pengyu — 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, ISG15-mitophagy, mTOR-lysosomal, treatment-target

Reviews microglial mitophagy failure driving mtDNA/mtROS-triggered cGAS-STING and NLRP3 activation with TBK1 signaling, mechanistically parallel to the mitochondrial-quality-control/interferon-inflammasome axis central to the SAMHD1 syndrome, though disease context is Alzheimer's rather than SAMHD1.
DOI: 10.1186/s12974-026-03946-5

The MEK inhibitor trametinib incurs mitochondrial injury and induces innate immune responses in the mouse heart (from Cardio-oncology/pharmacology)
Kelsey H. Fisher-Wellman; Richard D. Lutze; Logan G. Kirkland; J. Beak; Mansi Go — Science Advances 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

Demonstrates mitochondrial DNA damage triggering cGAS-STING innate immune activation via mitochondrial dysfunction and ETC impairment, directly paralleling the BLUE/Loop A mechanism in the SAMHD1 syndrome, though in a drug-cardiotoxicity rather than SAMHD1 context.
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aeb2695

The mitochondrial logic of inflammaging: how energy imbalance drives fibroblast SASP and tissue-specific aging (from Geroscience/periodontology)
Yu Huan; Qiqi Wang; Rongkaixuan Fang; Yue Sun; Meiya Suo — Frontiers in Immunology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, NF-kB-IKK, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

This paper reviews mitochondrial danger signal (mtROS/mtDNA)-driven cGAS-STING/NLRP3/NF-kB convergence in cellular senescence, mechanistically paralleling the SAMHD1 syndrome's Loop A/B and NF-kB crosstalk axes though in a general aging/periodontal context without SAMHD1 involvement.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1881243

How Redox Modulation May Help Prevent Age-Related Decline (from nutrition/geroscience)
M. Amirova — PHYTONutrients 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, cGAS-STING, NF-kB-IKK, NF-kB-NLRP3-priming, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

General review of mitochondrial DAMP-driven cGAS-STING/NLRP3/NF-kB inflammaging and NRF2 antioxidant modulation overlaps mechanistically with the IFN-mitochondrial-inflammasome axis but lacks SAMHD1-specific or dNTP pathway data.
DOI: 10.62368/pn.v5i1.71

Biallelic mutations in SUPV3L1 cause a variable leukodystrophy due to impaired mitochondrial degradosome function (from Neurology/leukodystrophy genetics)
L. Green; Noémie Hamilton; M. Elpidorou; R. Maroofian; Maha S. Zaki — Research Square 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, AGS-spectrum, clinical-phenotype

Mitochondrial dsRNA degradosome dysfunction driving type I interferon activation via microglia parallels the SAMHD1-driven mitochondrial-to-interferon signaling axis, though it operates through a distinct RNA-sensing (rather than dNTPase/cGAS-mtDNA) mechanism within the broader interferonopathy spectrum.
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4356120/v2

A Multi-Center Integrative Cohort Characterizing the Genetic, Clinical, and Transcriptomic Features of ACP5 Deficiency. (from Rheumatology/genetics (skeletal dysplasia and immune dysregulation))
Zhong Shiling; Ma Shuangyue; El Chazli Yasmine; Zheng Jika; Sun Xiangwei — Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: JAK-STAT, NF-kB-IKK, AGS-spectrum, clinical-phenotype, treatment-target

ACP5/SPENCDI is a distinct interferonopathy with overlapping type I IFN, NF-κB, and JAK-STAT signaling and JAK inhibitor treatment response, offering mechanistic and therapeutic parallels to the SAMHD1 interferonopathy spectrum despite being a different causal gene.
DOI: 10.1002/art.70279

Leveraging Mitochondria-Endoplasmic Reticulum Functional Interplay With an On-Demand Nanoparticle to Boost mtDNA-Based STING Immunotherapy. (from Oncology/nanomedicine)
Chen Han; Qu Haijing; Pan Yuqing; Cheng Wei; Wu Jie — Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target

This paper explores mtDNA-driven cGAS-STING activation via a mitochondria-ER nanoparticle system for cancer immunotherapy, which is mechanistically relevant to the BLUE pathway's mtDNA-cGAS-STING axis but oncology-focused rather than SAMHD1-related.
DOI: 10.1002/adma.74146

CD117 epitope-shielded hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with toxin-free conditioning and in vivo selection ameliorates a β-thalassemia model. (from Hematology/gene therapy engineering)
Marone Romina; Lepore Rosalba; Paschoudi Kiriaki; Zuin Jessica; Sinopoli Alessan — bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

Uses prime editing to engineer epitope-shielded CD34+ HSPCs for toxin-free conditioning, representing a relevant myeloid/HSC gene correction delivery advance analogous to strategies that could correct SAMHD1 missense variants, though disease context (beta-thalassemia) is unrelated to interferonopathy pathways.
DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.07.736903

Base Editing Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cell Gene Therapy for Treatment of X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (from Gene therapy/immunodeficiency)
S. de Ravin; Michelle Ma; Yuzhi Yin; Siyuan Liu; Andrés Zea Vera — Journal of Human Immunity 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

Demonstrates base-editing correction of a het/hemizygous immune gene mutation (IL2RG) in HSPCs, relevant as a translational precedent for future SAMHD1 A565T correction strategies but not mechanistically tied to the interferon-mitochondrial-NLRP3 axis.
DOI: 10.70962/pidtc2026abstract.4

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Annual gout flare frequency as a marker of sustained cardiovascular risk: a clinical threshold for risk stratification. (from Rheumatology/Cardiology)
Tung Kuei-Ting; Chen Solomon Chih-Cheng; Lee Chun — Rheumatology (Oxford, England) 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: urate-NLRP3, clinical-phenotype

This clinical epidemiology paper links gout flare frequency to cardiovascular risk via cumulative inflammatory burden, tangentially relevant to the GOLD pathway (dGTP-uric acid-MSU crystal-NLRP3 axis) but does not address SAMHD1, interferon, or mitochondrial mechanisms directly.
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keag370

Approach to the patient with APS-1/APECED. (from Endocrinology)
Webb Taura; Pechacek Joseph; Lionakis Michail S — The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: JAK-STAT, clinical-phenotype, other

APS-1/AIRE is a distinct monogenic autoimmune tolerance disorder with IFN-gamma-driven pathology and JAK inhibitor treatment rationale, offering only loose conceptual parallel (JAKi as interferonopathy therapy) but no direct SAMHD1/cGAS-STING/NLRP3 mechanistic overlap.
DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgag282

MDA5 and the integrated stress response control sex-specific type 1 diabetes onset in NOD mice. (from Endocrinology/diabetes autoimmunity)
Van Dis Erik; DeGidio Alessandra T; Yao Lara; Winship Damion; Sidrauski Carmela — bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: AGS-spectrum, other

This paper links MDA5/IFIH1 and integrated stress response to autoimmune diabetes in the AGS-adjacent RNA-sensing innate immune context, offering tangential mechanistic overlap (nucleic acid sensing driving type I IFN-like pathology) but no direct SAMHD1, cGAS-STING, NLRP3, or mitochondrial dNTP connection.
DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.02.736190

Compound delivery of eVLPs enhances prime editing for targeted genome engineering and high-throughput screening. (from functional genomics/gene editing technology)
Langley Jethro; Baudrier Lou; Curry Jada; Narta Kiran; Todesco Hayley M — Cell genomics 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

General-purpose eVLP/prime-editing methods advance is technically relevant to future SAMHD1 correction strategies but not targeted to immune/myeloid cells or the disease mechanism itself.
DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen.2026.101302

Therapeutic Gene Editing of APOE4 in Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease via Prime Editor 7. (from neurology/gene therapy (Alzheimer's disease))
Kim Yunkyung; Lee Gaeun; An Saemin; Park Hanseul; Kim Hongwon — Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

This paper demonstrates PE7 prime editing technology for allele-specific correction (APOE4→APOE3) in neurons, offering a technical precedent for correcting heterozygous missense variants like SAMHD1 A565T, but is otherwise unrelated to interferonopathy/SAMHD1 biology or immune cell targeting.
DOI: 10.1002/advs.76658

SARS-CoV-2 ORF9b exploits mitochondrial recruitment to TOMM70 for proteasomal protection and tunes inflammatory remodeling during lung infection (from Virology/Structural Biology)
Yining Zhao; Lauriane Kergoat; Guilherme Dias de Melo; F. Larrous; Guillaume Dru — bioRxiv 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, other

This paper explores SARS-CoV-2 ORF9b-mitochondrial (TOMM70) interactions and inflammatory remodeling via a Complex IV subunit substitute, touching on mitochondrial-innate immune crosstalk and interferon regulation but without direct SAMHD1, cGAS-STING, or NLRP3 pathway involvement relevant to the described syndrome.
DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.13.738231

Delivery Systems for Therapeutic Genome Editing: Challenges, Innovations, and Future Perspectives (from biomedical engineering/nanomedicine)
Meijia Yang; Yiqiong Song; Ziyang Wang; Ke Chao; Lifeng Li — MedComm 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

General review of genome editing delivery platforms with no SAMHD1-specific or immune/myeloid cell targeting focus, only tangentially relevant as background for future gene correction strategies.
DOI: 10.1002/mco2.70791

Proteomics-based characterization of apigenin-mediated anti-inflammatory effects in TNF-α-stimulated ARPE-19 cells. (from Ophthalmology/pharmacology (flavonoid anti-inflammatory research in retinal disease))
Chen Xi; Liao Meilin; Han Ruifang; Gao Juan; Lu Ping — International immunopharmacology 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: NF-kB-IKK, JAK-STAT, ISG15-mitophagy

This paper studies apigenin's suppression of NF-κB/MAPK signaling and interferon-stimulated proteins (STAT1, ISG15, OAS3, IFIT3) in retinal pigment epithelial cells, touching peripheral pathway nodes (NF-κB, ISG15, IFN-related proteins) relevant to the syndrome's mechanism but with no SAMHD1, mitochondrial, or NLRP3 connection and an unrelated ophthalmologic/pharmacologic context.
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2026.117048

Guiqi Baizhu prescription attenuates 5-FU-induced intestinal mucositis by targeting IKKβ to inhibit M1 macrophage polarization. (from Gastroenterology/Traditional Chinese Medicine oncology supportive care)
Zhou Yu-Cen; Li Ya-Ling; Ma Jing; Li Junjie; Si Qi — Chinese medicine 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: NF-kB-IKK

Paper focuses on IKKβ/NF-κB inhibition in a traditional Chinese medicine model of chemotherapy-induced gut mucositis, only tangentially touching the NF-κB-IKK axis without connection to SAMHD1, interferonopathy, or mitochondrial mechanisms.
DOI: 10.1186/s13020-026-01406-z

Nanoengineering Systems for Gene Therapy: Mechanisms, Modalities, and Future Directions. (from nanotechnology/bioengineering)
Mais Raheem; Kumar Ayush; Ahmetaj Armand; Burgos-Crespo Gaby; Sanchez Mary Marga — International journal of molecular sciences 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing

General review of nanomaterial delivery platforms for CRISPR/base/prime editing with no SAMHD1, immune cell, or mitochondrial-interferon pathway specificity.
DOI: 10.3390/ijms27135988

Intelligent metal-integrated hydrogels orchestrate pyroptosis and cGAS-STING for potentiated treatment of colorectal cancer peritoneal metastasis. (from Oncology/biomaterials drug delivery)
Zhang Lin-Zhu; Si Liang-Wei; Xu Hui; Xiong Fei; Qin Juan — 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, other

Describes cGAS-STING activation via mtDNA/pyroptosis in a cancer-therapeutic (hydrogel/cobalt) context unrelated to SAMHD1 mechanism or family phenotypes, though it touches the same signaling node.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2026.115184

Orchestrating the gut microbiota–mitochondrial–immune axis in gynecological diseases: mechanisms and dual-targeting therapeutic strategies (from Gynecology/Reproductive Health)
Haixia Tang; Yiting Zhang; Yanting Wang; Ze Zhou; Rong Sun — Frontiers in Reproductive Health 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, other

This review covers gut microbiota-mitochondria-immune crosstalk (cGAS-STING/NLRP3, mtDNA, mitophagy) in gynecological disease but is not connected to SAMHD1, dNTP metabolism, or the family phenotype spectrum.
DOI: 10.3389/frph.2026.1845581


Pathway Coverage This Week

  • treatment-target: 20 papers
  • cGAS-STING: 18 papers
  • NLRP3: 11 papers
  • NF-kB-IKK: 11 papers
  • other: 6 papers
  • clinical-phenotype: 6 papers
  • gene-therapy-delivery: 6 papers
  • mito-ROS-NF-kB: 5 papers
  • prime-editing: 5 papers
  • urate-NLRP3: 3 papers
  • AGS-spectrum: 3 papers
  • JAK-STAT: 3 papers
  • nucleotide-rewiring: 2 papers
  • VDAC1: 2 papers
  • NF-kB-NLRP3-priming: 2 papers
  • mTOR-lysosomal: 2 papers
  • ISG15-mitophagy: 2 papers
  • dNTPase: 1 papers
  • mito-dNTP-transport: 1 papers
  • mito-dNTp-transport: 1 papers
  • POLG-mtDNA: 1 papers
  • IRF7-metabolic: 1 papers

SAMHD1 Research Digest — 2026-07-12

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Summary: 9 papers evaluated | 0 high-relevance (≥7) | 6 medium (5–6) | 3 low (3–4) | 0 scored <3


🟡 Medium Relevance (Score 5–6)

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Abscisic acid ameliorates inflammation-related diseases by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation. (from pharmacology/natural product chemistry)
Jiao Chenyang; Jia Lulu; Liu Qian; Zhang Weihang; Zhang Wei — International immunopharmacology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, urate-NLRP3, mTOR-lysosomal, treatment-target

This paper identifies a novel NLRP3 inhibitor (ABA/PDZD8-lysosomal axis) validated in MSU-induced gouty arthritis, directly relevant to the GOLD stream (dGTP→uric acid→MSU crystals→NLRP3) and offers a potential therapeutic strategy for NLRP3 hyperactivation in the syndrome.
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2026.117119

ADAR1 loss-of-function variants altering RNA editing define a new interferon-dependent psoriasis subtype. (from Dermatology/Rheumatology (psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis))
Assan Florence; Tragin Margot; Marella Sahiti; Lipecka Joanna; Roger Kévin — The Journal of experimental medicine 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: JAK-STAT, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype, AGS-spectrum

Monogenic ADAR1 loss-of-function causing constitutive type I IFN signature and inflammatory disease (psoriasis) mirrors the interferonopathy mechanism central to SAMHD1 A565T pathology, and JAK inhibitor (upadacitinib) responsiveness directly parallels proposed treatment strategies for the family syndrome.
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20260054

A micropeptide encoded by the lncRNA USP30-AS1 promotes tumor growth by attenuating cGAS-STING-type I IFN signaling in macrophages. (from Oncology/tumor immunology)
Wang Xingwen; Zhang Yi; Ma Jiangwen; Lin Qingyu; Wang Zhenghang — Nature cancer 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target

This paper details a novel negative-feedback mechanism (UEIS-TBK1 condensates) directly within the cGAS-STING-TBK1-type I IFN axis in macrophages, a core pathway implicated in the SAMHD1 interferonopathy syndrome, though its focus on tumor immunology rather than SAMHD1/mitochondrial dysfunction limits direct relevance.
DOI: 10.1038/s43018-026-01195-2

STING-associated metabolic changes engage AMPK to amplify interferon signaling in Listeria-infected macrophages. (from Microbiology/infectious disease immunometabolism)
Chen Shukun; Wang Xiao; Duan Zhuoyu; Wang Min; Qu Xiaoya — Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular cell research 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target, other

Demonstrates STING-driven metabolic reprogramming (glycolysis/AMPK/TBK1) amplifying type I IFN signaling, directly relevant to the STING/IFN-I axis (Loop A) though in a bacterial infection context rather than SAMHD1-driven cGAS-STING activation.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2026.120172

ISG15 At the Crossroads of Innate Immunity and Host Survival in Response to Typhoid Toxin. (from microbiology/infectious disease (Salmonella typhoid toxin biology))
Valenzuela Camila; Enninga Jost — Molecular microbiology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, ISG15-mitophagy, treatment-target

Describes a STING-TBK1-dependent, ISGylation-independent free ISG15 pathway triggered by cytosolic DNA sensing that promotes cell survival, mechanistically parallel to the BLUE/RED axes in the SAMHD1 syndrome even though the trigger is bacterial genotoxin rather than mtDNA leakage.
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.70075

Recent Insights into Mitochondrial Dysfunction-Driven Cellular Senescence in Chronic Kidney Disease (from Nephrology)
Ziyi Guo; Zhenkai Wang; Zixuan Song; Tian Wang; Jingai Fang — BIOCELL 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, cGAS-STING, POLG-mtDNA, treatment-target

Discusses mitochondrial dysfunction driving cGAS-STING/NLRP3-mediated senescence and SASP, mechanistically overlapping with the interferon-mitochondrial pathways in the SAMHD1 syndrome but in a CKD context without any SAMHD1 or direct genetic linkage.
DOI: 10.32604/biocell.2026.083188

🟢 Low Relevance (Score 3–4)

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Mitoxyperilysis related signature predicts prognosis innate immune remodeling and myeloid enriched tumor microenvironment states in breast cancer (from oncology)
Li Zhen; Yang Menglei; Li Yongfei — preprint (preprint) 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, cGAS-STING, other

This breast cancer bioinformatics paper touches NLRP3/cGAS-STING and mitochondrial lytic cell death but is oncology-context focused on tumor prognosis signatures rather than SAMHD1 mechanism or family phenotype relevance.
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9963383/v1

p38 MAP kinase senses short-chain fatty acids to attenuate Toll-like receptor signaling and intestinal inflammation. (from Gastroenterology/microbiome metabolism)
Wu Qingang; Shi Rongkai; Xiao Liwei; He Xuxiao; Chen Zhuoneng — Science advances 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NF-kB-IKK, other

This paper describes SCFA-mediated suppression of TLR/TBK1-IRF3 signaling in intestinal inflammation, sharing the TBK1-IRF3 node with the BLUE loop but is otherwise unrelated to SAMHD1 or the core interferon-mitochondrial mechanism.
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aef1419

TANK potentiates antiviral innate immunity by recruiting deubiquitinase USP46 to activate IKKε. (from Fish virology/comparative immunology)
Li Zhenghao; Yang Can; Shu Juanjuan; Wang Jiaxin; Wang Xinyu — PLoS pathogens 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: NF-kB-IKK

This paper describes IKKε regulation by TANK/USP46 in fish antiviral immunity, a tangential non-mammalian model with only distant relevance to the IKKε/IRF3/NF-kB axis implicated in the SAMHD1 syndrome.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1014412


Pathway Coverage This Week

  • treatment-target: 6 papers
  • cGAS-STING: 6 papers
  • NLRP3: 3 papers
  • other: 3 papers
  • NF-kB-IKK: 2 papers
  • urate-NLRP3: 1 papers
  • mTOR-lysosomal: 1 papers
  • JAK-STAT: 1 papers
  • clinical-phenotype: 1 papers
  • AGS-spectrum: 1 papers
  • ISG15-mitophagy: 1 papers
  • POLG-mtDNA: 1 papers

SAMHD1 Research Digest — 2026-07-09

Generated by samhd1_monitor | Model: claude-sonnet-5

Summary: 28 papers evaluated | 2 high-relevance (≥7) | 16 medium (5–6) | 10 low (3–4) | 0 scored <3


🔴 High Relevance (Score 7–10)

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Hypoxia synergizes cGAS-STING activation and AKT1 phosphorylation to drive pulmonary inflammation in one-lung ventilation: therapeutic attenuation by RU.521 and MK2206 (from Pulmonology/anesthesiology (one-lung ventilation, acute lung injury))
Jiangsheng Zhang; Yuntao Zou; Dongni Chen; Jiayang Fan; Biying Men — Journal of Inflammation (London, England) 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NF-kB-IKK, treatment-target

Demonstrates cGAS-STING activation via mitochondrial/DNA damage under hypoxic stress, with AKT1-TBK1-IRF3-NF-κB signaling and pharmacological inhibition (RU.521/MK2206), directly modeling the BLUE-stream mechanism and NF-κB crosstalk relevant to the interferon-mitochondrial syndrome, though not SAMHD1-specific.
DOI: 10.1186/s12950-026-00498-6

STING inhibition and BD1-selective BET blockade limit ischemia-reperfusion-induced hepatic tissue remodeling by suppressing pro-inflammasome signaling. (from Hepatology/surgery (ischemia-reperfusion injury))
Adel I. Alalawy; Rabab S. Hamad; Abdulrahman Alasmari; Rehab F. Al-Massabi; Yasm — Tissue & cell 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, NF-kB-IKK, NF-kB-NLRP3-priming, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

This paper demonstrates cGAS-STING/mtDNA-driven NF-κB and inflammasome activation converging on a druggable checkpoint (STING inhibitor + BET/BRD4 inhibitor), directly paralleling the BLUE/PURPLE loops and NF-κB priming axis in the SAMHD1 mechanism, and implicates hepatology as a relevant clinical bridge.
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2026.103387

🟡 Medium Relevance (Score 5–6)

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Glucocorticoids-Driven Mitochondrial GR Translocation Promotes Heat Stress-Induced Mastitis via the mtDNA-cGAS-STING-NF-κB/NLRP3 Pathway. (from veterinary medicine/dairy science)
He Yuhong; Zhou Zeming; Wei Xin; Su Nier; Yang Tingting — Free radical biology & medicine 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, NF-kB-IKK, mito-ROS-NF-kB, other

This veterinary study demonstrates mtDNA release triggering cGAS-STING-NF-κB/NLRP3 inflammatory activation via mitochondrial GR translocation, mechanistically paralleling the BLUE/PURPLE loops and NF-κB-NLRP3 crosstalk in the SAMHD1 disease model despite a different upstream trigger (heat stress/glucocorticoids vs. dNTPase deficiency).
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2026.07.013

Ajugol attenuates acute gouty arthritis by enhancing mitophagy to suppress chondrocyte pyroptosis. (from Rheumatology/pharmacognosy (gouty arthritis and traditional medicine compound screening))
Zhang Yang; Liu Yi; Xie Weiping; Fu Yingqiang; Liu Zhonghao — Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, urate-NLRP3, mTOR-lysosomal, treatment-target

This paper demonstrates MSU crystal-induced NLRP3 activation and pyroptosis via PINK1/Parkin mitophagy blockade and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling, directly paralleling the GOLD stream (dGTP→uric acid→MSU→NLRP3) and mitophagy dysfunction mechanisms in the SAMHD1 model, with a natural compound therapeutic angle.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2026.168320

The role of mitochondrial proteases in inflammation and immunity. (from Mitochondrial biology/protein quality control)
Ferreira Anna Rebeka Oliveira; Day Emily A — 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target, other

This review on mitochondrial protein quality control proteases (CLPXP, LONP1, OMA1, AAA-proteases) and their roles in ROS production, mtDNA damage signals, and NLRP3/inflammatory pathway regulation is mechanistically adjacent to the ox-mtDNA/NLRP3/mito-ROS-NF-kB axes central to the SAMHD1 interferon-mitochondrial syndrome, though it does not address SAMHD1, cGAS-STING, or ISG15 directly.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1761658

Lower mitochondrial DNA abundance in blood cells is associated with higher general morbidity and all-cause mortality: a 30-year prospective epidemiological study (from epidemiology/preventive medicine)
A. Sébe; J. Lautaoja-Kivipelto; J. Jokelainen; J. Vaananen; S. Skarp — 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: POLG-mtDNA, NLRP3, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

Low blood mtDNA abundance linked to chronic low-grade inflammation/innate immunity and all-cause mortality supports the mechanistic link between mitochondrial dysfunction (ox-mtDNA, POLG stalling, NLRP3 priming) and systemic morbidity relevant to the SAMHD1 interferon-mitochondrial syndrome, though it lacks any direct SAMHD1 or cGAS-STING mechanistic data.
DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.10.26345983

Metabolic control of immunity and inflammation: Mitochondrial dynamics, pharmacological targets, and therapeutic opportunities. (from immunometabolism/pharmacology)
Chunling Wang; Wangzheqi Zhang; Yue Shu; Lizhou Song; Yiwen Wan — Pharmacological research 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target, other

This broad review on mitochondrial dynamics in immunometabolism and inflammation touches generally on mitochondria-ROS-NLRP3-NF-kB crosstalk relevant to the mitochondrial-interferon convergence mechanism but lacks specific SAMHD1, cGAS-STING, or dNTP pathway detail.
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2026.108194

Glycosylation as a dynamic regulator of RLR and cGAS-STING innate immune signalling pathways (from Glycobiology)
Jie Tong; Wuchao Zhang; Mengzhou Xue; Chunfu Zheng — Communications Biology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NF-kB-IKK, treatment-target

Reviews glycosylation-based regulation of STING stability and cGAS-DNA binding/IRF3/NF-κB signaling, mechanistically upstream of the BLUE/RED loops central to this SAMHD1 interferonopathy model and pointing to novel enzymatic drug targets.
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-026-09767-9

Electroacupuncture Attenuates Neuroinflammation and Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Aged Rats by Suppressing the cGAS–STING Pathway (from Anesthesiology/Neurology (acupuncture and postoperative cognitive dysfunction))
Baobao Ma; Shiwen Fan; Jiaojiao Deng; Kaihua Wei; Yan Li — Experimental Neurobiology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NF-kB-IKK, treatment-target

Demonstrates cGAS-STING-NF-kB-IL-1β neuroinflammatory axis activation and pharmacological/non-pharmacological suppression in a rodent model, mechanistically relevant to the IFN-mitochondrial pathway though not SAMHD1-specific and in a different (surgical/neuroinflammation) context.
DOI: 10.5607/en25042

Targeting VPS4 elicits STING-driven anti-tumor immunity to suppress rhabdomyosarcoma growth (from Oncology (rhabdomyosarcoma tumor immunology/ESCRT biology))
Ray Zhang; Longgui Chen; Xinwen Liang; Jiawen Zhang; Kouta Hamamoto — Oncogene 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NF-kB-IKK, treatment-target, other

Demonstrates cytoplasmic mtDNA-driven cGAS-STING-TBK1-IRF3 activation and NF-κB induction upon VPS4 inhibition, mechanistically paralleling the BLUE loop (VDAC1/mtDNA release to cGAS-STING) and its NF-κB crosstalk, though in an oncology rather than SAMHD1 context.
DOI: 10.1038/s41388-026-03800-1

Bridging innate immunity and iron-dependent death: the interplay between cyclic GMP–AMP synthase–stimulator of interferon genes nexus and ferroptosis in cancer and inflammation (from oncology/cell death biology)
Xin-Xin Chen; Yunxuan Hou; Xinxin Chen; Qi Zhou; Xiang Wang — Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, treatment-target

Reviews cGAS-STING pathway crosstalk with ferroptosis and NF-κB, relevant to core interferon-mitochondrial mechanism though focused on cancer/ferroptosis rather than SAMHD1-specific biology.
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2026.1766502

Non-genotoxic transplantation and in vivo selection through epitope editing. (from hematology/gene therapy)
Casirati Gabriele; Cosentino Andrea; Freschi Marta; Zeng Jing; Mucci Adele — Nature 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

This paper describes base/prime editing and epitope-editing strategies for HSPC transplantation and hemoglobinopathy correction, representing a relevant gene-editing delivery advance in myeloid/immune progenitor cells but not directly addressing SAMHD1 or interferon-mitochondrial pathways.
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10737-8

Spiperone targets HBV cccDNA via ER stress–induced innate immune activation and epigenetic silencing (from Hepatology/virology (antiviral drug repurposing for chronic hepatitis B))
Junghwa Jang; Ziyun Kim; Eunseo Kim; Jisung Park; Yulim Choi — bioRxiv 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target

This paper demonstrates a mechanistically analogous pathway (mitochondrial stress → oxidized mtDNA release → IFI16-STING-IRF3 → type I IFN) to the BLUE loop in the SAMHD1 model, but in an antiviral HBV context unrelated to SAMHD1 dysfunction.
DOI: 10.64898/2026.03.31.715751

β-catenin-driven innate and metabolic reprograming in macrophages fuel T-cell-dependent inflammation in Toxoplasma gondii infection: implications for therapeutic intervention (from Parasitology/Infectious Disease Immunology)
G. Kumari; Amit Kumar; Rasmiranjan Muduli; Mayami Das; Prithwik Bhowmik — Cell Death & Disease 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, POLG-mtDNA, ISG15-mitophagy, mito-ROS-NF-kB

This paper demonstrates ox-mtDNA acting as a HAMP to activate AIM2-NLRP3 inflammasome via mitochondrial ROS and PINK1/PARKIN mitophagy in macrophages—mechanistically parallel to the ox-mtDNA/NLRP3 and mitophagy-block streams in the SAMHD1 model, though in a Toxoplasma infection context rather than SAMHD1 dysfunction.
DOI: 10.1038/s41419-026-08953-1

Innate Immune Recognition During RNA Virus Infection: Molecular Mechanisms —A Review (from Virology/microbiology)
Ruqaya Munther Jalil Ewadh; Noor Hassan Ali Altaie; Saif Jabbar Yasir — Journal of Progressive Medical Sciences 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NF-kB-IKK, other

This general review of innate antiviral sensing (RLR/TLR/NLR, MAVS, IRF3/7, NF-κB, cGAS-STING, inflammasome) covers upstream mechanisms relevant to the IFN-I and NF-κB priming loops implicated in the SAMHD1 A565T syndrome, but contains no SAMHD1-, VDAC1-, or ISG15-specific data and is not disease-specific.
DOI: 10.63939/wfh43b42

IFI16 senses and protects stalled replication forks. (from DNA damage/genome instability and cancer biology (oncology/molecular biology))
A. Gamble; Thomas A. Ward; Otto P G Wheeler; Jessica P. Morris; Caryl M Jones — Molecular cell 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NF-kB-IKK

Describes a cGAS-independent STING→NF-κB inflammatory pathway triggered by replication stress, paralleling the STING/NEMO-NF-κB crosstalk axis relevant to the interferonopathy mechanism though not SAMHD1-specific.
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2025.12.024

RNA-LNP-mediated in vivo prime editing corrects disease phenotypes in a mouse model of citrullinemia type I. (from Gene therapy / genetic medicine (metabolic liver disease))
András Tálas; Eleonora I. Ioannidi; Yanik Weber; Tatjana Haenggi; P. Kulcsár — Science translational medicine 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

This paper demonstrates in vivo RNA-LNP prime editing correction of a monogenic liver disease, providing a relevant technical precedent for future correction of the heterozygous SAMHD1 A565T missense variant, though it is unrelated to interferon/mitochondrial pathways or hepatocyte (not myeloid/immune) delivery.
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aec7274

CD117 epitope-shielded hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with toxin-free conditioning and in vivo selection ameliorates β-thalassemia model (from hematology/gene therapy)
Marone Romina; Lepore Rosalba; Paschoudi Kiriaki; Zuin Jessica; Sinopoli Alessan — preprint (preprint) 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

This paper demonstrates prime editing of human CD34+ HSPCs for epitope engineering to enable toxin-free conditioning, relevant as a myeloid-cell gene correction delivery advance that could inform future SAMHD1 A565T correction strategies but has no direct disease mechanism overlap.
DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.07.736903

🟢 Low Relevance (Score 3–4)

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The neuroprotective effect of eugenol in aluminum chloride-induced Alzheimer's rats: Insights into the role of TLR4/MyD88/NF-kB and NLRP3 inflammasome/gasdermin D signaling pathways. (from Neurology/pharmacology (natural product neuroprotection in toxin-induced neurodegeneration model))
El-Dory Shahenda T; Abd El-Fattah Amal A; Sadik Nermin Abdel Hamid; Elbaz Eman M — Archives of biochemistry and biophysics 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, NF-kB-NLRP3-priming

This is an unrelated toxin-induced Alzheimer's rat model using a natural compound (eugenol) that touches on TLR4/MyD88/NF-kB and NLRP3/GSDMD signaling, which overlaps thematically with the NF-κB-NLRP3 priming axis in the disease profile but has no connection to SAMHD1, interferon signaling, or mitochondrial dNTP mechanisms.
DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2026.110885

Mechanisms and biomarkers of immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated myocarditis: from T cell imbalance to multicellular crosstalk (from Cardio-oncology/immunotherapy toxicity)
Jiawang Huang; Xiuli Xu; Yucheng Jin; Liping Qiao; Heng Yu — Frontiers in Immunology 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NF-kB-IKK, treatment-target

The paper implicates cGAS-STING and STAT1/NF-κB-driven macrophage polarization in ICI-myocarditis, overlapping mechanistically with the interferon-NF-κB axis but in an unrelated oncologic/autoimmune cardiotoxicity context rather than SAMHD1 biology.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1752354

Ligustilide activates cGAS-STING to chemoprevent tobacco carcinogen-induced lung tumorigenesis. (from Oncology/pulmonology and traditional Chinese medicine pharmacology)
Caisheng Huang; Yanni Tian; Yonghu Chen; Yijia Su; Qiang Fu — International immunopharmacology 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NF-kB-IKK, treatment-target

This paper demonstrates cGAS-STING pathway activation (via TBK1-IRF3/NF-κB) as a chemopreventive mechanism in tobacco-induced lung cancer, sharing core pathway machinery with the SAMHD1 syndrome but in an unrelated oncologic/pharmacologic context with no SAMHD1 or mitochondrial dNTP connection.
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2026.117043

Co-exposure to cannabinoids and nicotine increases senescence in prenatal human lung development. (from Pediatric pulmonology/prenatal toxicology)
El Alam Imad; Belgacemi Randa; Hoarau Antony; Le Saux Claude Jourdan; Glass Ian — Pediatric research 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: pregnancy-fetal, other

Paper shows DNA damage-induced senescence with secondary interferon pathway activation (MX1/IFI2) and SASP in fetal lung explants, a tangential mechanistic parallel to the interferon-mitochondrial axis but not involving SAMHD1, cGAS-STING, NLRP3, or the core disease pathways.
DOI: 10.1038/s41390-026-05037-w

CRISPR Cas9 revolutionizing genetic engineering and therapeutic applications. (from biotechnology/genetic engineering)
Durairaj Sivakumar; Durairaj Shankar; Krishnan Sundar; Raju Anand — Journal of biotechnology 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

General CRISPR-Cas9 review covering broad therapeutic applications with only superficial mention of base/prime editing, lacking any SAMHD1, interferonopathy, or immune-cell-specific delivery focus relevant to this disease profile.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2026.06.012

Orchestrating the gut microbiota–mitochondrial–immune axis in gynecological diseases: mechanisms and dual-targeting therapeutic strategies (from Gynecology/gut microbiota research)
Haixia Tang; Yiting Zhang; Yanting Wang; Ze Zhou; Rong Sun — Frontiers in Reproductive Health 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, other

This gynecology-focused review touches cGAS-STING/NLRP3 and mitochondrial pathways generically via gut microbiota axis, but has no connection to SAMHD1, interferonopathy mechanism, or family phenotypes.
DOI: 10.3389/frph.2026.1845581

NF-κB signaling in osteoarthritis: integrating mechanical stress, innate immunity, and cartilage degeneration (from Orthopedics/Rheumatology (osteoarthritis))
Peng Wan; Yimin Zheng — Frontiers in Immunology 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: NF-kB-IKK, other

This is a general osteoarthritis review on NF-κB integrating mechanical stress and innate immunity, mentioning mitochondrial DNA sensing and DAMPs but with no connection to SAMHD1, cGAS-STING/NLRP3 interferonopathy mechanisms, or any documented family phenotype.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1842443

Zinc-Iron Bimetallic MOF-Integrated Thermosensitive Hydrogel for Breast Cancer Immunotherapy via Ferroptosis-Induced cGAS–STING Activation (from Oncology/Biomaterials engineering)
Yihao Zhan; Xiangyan Chen; Yantao Li — BIO Web of Conferences 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, other

While it engages the cGAS-STING pathway, this is an engineered nanomaterial oncology therapeutic for breast cancer immunotherapy unrelated to SAMHD1 mechanism, mitochondrial dNTP dysregulation, or the interferon-mitochondrial syndrome described.
DOI: 10.1051/bioconf/202623703015

Microbial dysbiosis drives colorectal carcinogenesis via integrated inflammatory, metabolic, and biofilm pathways (from Gastroenterology/Oncology (microbiome-driven colorectal carcinogenesis))
Asma Bachir; A. Altaie; Riyad Bendardaf; Iman M. Talaat; R. Hamoudi — Frontiers in Microbiology 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NF-kB-IKK, other

This paper discusses cGAS-STING and NF-κB signaling in the context of colorectal cancer driven by microbial dysbiosis, sharing pathway components but in an unrelated disease mechanism (bacterial genotoxicity, not SAMHD1 dNTPase dysfunction or interferonopathy syndrome).
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1795882

Abstract PS4-04-18: Direct targeting of amplified HER2 gene activates immune signaling through DNA damage response (from Oncology (breast cancer therapeutics))
A. Krysztofiak; A. Brown; A. Minnah; F. Rogers — Clinical Cancer Research 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING

Discusses cGAS-STING activation via DNA damage in HER2+ breast cancer, tangentially touching a core pathway but unrelated to SAMHD1 mechanism or family phenotypes.
DOI: 10.1158/1557-3265.sabcs25-ps4-04-18


Pathway Coverage This Week

  • cGAS-STING: 16 papers
  • treatment-target: 13 papers
  • NF-kB-IKK: 12 papers
  • NLRP3: 10 papers
  • other: 10 papers
  • mito-ROS-NF-kB: 5 papers
  • prime-editing: 4 papers
  • gene-therapy-delivery: 4 papers
  • NF-kB-NLRP3-priming: 2 papers
  • POLG-mtDNA: 2 papers
  • urate-NLRP3: 1 papers
  • mTOR-lysosomal: 1 papers
  • clinical-phenotype: 1 papers
  • ISG15-mitophagy: 1 papers
  • pregnancy-fetal: 1 papers

↩ Re-run 08:44 UTC | Model: claude-sonnet-5

Summary: 111 new papers | 14 high-relevance (≥7) | 45 medium (5–6) | 52 low (3–4)

🔴 High Relevance

cGAS inhibitor IMSB301 modifies interferon signalling in peripheral mononuclear cells of SAMHD1 genetic interferonopathy in vitro (from Clinical immunology/translational rare disease genetics (AGS))
V. Han; J. Hayes; Lijun Sun; Teresa Mooneyham; Michelle Lorentzos — Clinical & Translational Immunology 2026
Score: 9/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, JAK-STAT, AGS-spectrum, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

Directly demonstrates SAMHD1-mutation-driven interferon signature (IFIT1/IFIT3/IFI44L/ISG15/OAS1) and its reversal by the cGAS inhibitor IMSB301, a named therapeutic candidate in the mechanism list, providing direct in vitro validation of the BLUE loop and a druggable target for SAMHD1 interferonopathy.
DOI: 10.1002/cti2.70090

One mutation, divergent journeys: expanding the clinical spectrum of homozygous SAMHD1 deficiency in childhood (from Pediatric rheumatology)
Hulya Ercan Emreol; Dilara Ünal; D. Ayvaz; Y. Bilginer; S. Özen — Rheumatology (Oxford, England) 2026
Score: 9/10 | Pathways: AGS-spectrum, JAK-STAT, cGAS-STING, clinical-phenotype, treatment-target

Directly demonstrates SAMHD1 loss-of-function mutation causing a spectrum of interferonopathy phenotypes (myopathy, panniculitis, lupus-like disease) responsive to JAK inhibition, reinforcing the core interferon-driven mechanism and phenotypic heterogeneity relevant to the family's diverse presentations.
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaf695

Self-assembled nanoparticles from Xiexin Decoction attenuate ulcerative colitis by targeting VDAC1-Mediated NLRP3 inflammasome activation (from gastroenterology/nanomedicine (traditional Chinese medicine-derived nanotherapeutics for ulcerative colitis))
Zheng Chu; Tong Yang; Ying Zhang; Qianru Zhu; Dawei Wang — Materials Today Bio 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: VDAC1, NLRP3, treatment-target

Demonstrates that VDAC1 oligomerization inhibition blocks oxidized mtDNA release and NLRP3 activation, directly validating the BLUE pathway mechanism and identifying a druggable VDAC1-targeting compound (berberine) relevant to the family's inflammasome-driven phenotype.
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2026.103078

Mitochondrial DNA drives NLRP3-IL-1β axis activation in microglia by binding to NLRP3, leading to neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease models (from Neurology/Parkinson's disease research)
Qinglin Gan; Xiaolong Fu; T. Zhou; Naiyu Fan; Nan Nan — Cell Death & Disease 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, POLG-mtDNA, treatment-target

Demonstrates ox-mtDNA directly binding and activating NLRP3 in microglia (Loop B mechanism), reinforcing the PURPLE/NLRP3 pathway with a novel molecular mechanism relevant to neuroinflammation, though not SAMHD1-specific.
DOI: 10.1038/s41419-026-08424-7

Mitochondrial DNA efflux as a potential amplifier of systemic inflammatory network rewiring in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (from Cardiology (HFpEF))
Xingwei Zhao; Shengyu Huang; Qiuling Li; Yang Yu; Chunxiang Zhang — Frontiers in Immunology 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, NF-kB-NLRP3-priming, clinical-phenotype, other

Describes mtDNA release-driven cGAS-STING/TLR9-NLRP3 inflammatory amplification loops closely mirroring the BLUE/Loop A/B mechanisms, relevant to potential cardiac comorbidity in the interferon-mitochondrial syndrome though not SAMHD1-specific.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1866184

Oxidized mtDNA Contributes to Pulmonary Inflammation and Fibrosis in Bleomycin‐Induced Lung Injury (from Pulmonology)
Ye Mao; Xinyu Tian; Jiayuan Ai; Xiaoting Zhou; Yanghong Ni — MedComm 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, POLG-mtDNA, treatment-target

Demonstrates oxidized mtDNA driving STING- and NLRP3-dependent inflammation and fibrosis, directly validating the PURPLE/BLUE convergent mechanism (ox-mtDNA -> cGAS-STING and NLRP3) central to the SAMHD1 interferon-mitochondrial syndrome, though in a lung fibrosis model rather than SAMHD1 context.
DOI: 10.1002/mco2.70664

The Autophagy–Inflammation Axis in Kawasaki Disease: Pathogenic Mechanisms and Translational Opportunities (from Pediatric cardiology/rheumatology (Kawasaki disease vasculopathy))
Qiang Xu; Yali Wu; Yan Ding — Journal of Clinical Medicine 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, mTOR-lysosomal, treatment-target

Describes mitophagy/lysosomal dysfunction driving mtDNA release, NLRP3 and cGAS-STING activation in a pediatric vasculitis, directly paralleling the family's mitochondrial-interferon-inflammasome mechanism and mTOR/rapamycin therapeutic angle.
DOI: 10.3390/jcm15103918

Mitochondrial Calcium Overload Drives mtDNA-cGAS-STING Activation via VDAC1 and MCU Upregulation in Periodontitis (from Dentistry/Periodontology)
Xinyi Cheng; Yu Cai; Yiran Geng; Xiaoying Zang; Jia Liu — International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, VDAC1, treatment-target

This paper mechanistically validates the VDAC1-mediated mtDNA leakage → cGAS-STING activation axis (Loop A/BLUE pathway) central to the SAMHD1 syndrome model, even though studied in a different inflammatory disease context.
DOI: 10.3390/ijms27104317

Less severe alcoholic injury in cyclic guanosine monophosphate-adenosine monophosphate synthase (cGAS) deficient mice, a possible impact of intracellular DNA recognition. (from Hepatology/alcoholic liver disease)
T. Bhunyakarnjanarat; Chatsuree Suksamai; Kollawat Somsri; Kamollada Kowitwibool — International immunopharmacology 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, NF-kB-IKK, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

Demonstrates cGAS-dependent cytosolic mtDNA sensing driving NF-κB/IL-1β inflammation and mitochondrial oxidative injury in a liver disease model, directly reinforcing the BLUE-pathway mechanism (VDAC1/mtDNA-cGAS-STING) central to the SAMHD1 interferon-mitochondrial syndrome and its hepatology relevance to the family's hepatic steatosis phenotype.
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2026.116875

Lead exposure acts as a risk factor of PCOS development via SOD2-mediated mtDNA leakage. (from Reproductive endocrinology/toxicology)
Qiao-ling Zhang; Yinfei Xing; Shijie Li; Zhanqing Yang; Baiyu Li — Chemico-biological interactions 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NF-kB-IKK, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

This paper demonstrates mtDNA leakage via permeability transition pore triggering cGAS-STING-TBK1-NF-κB signaling driven by mitochondrial oxidative stress, closely paralleling the BLUE/NF-κB crosstalk mechanisms central to the SAMHD1 syndrome despite a different upstream trigger (lead exposure) and disease context (PCOS).
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2026.112075

Interferon-alpha selectively signals mitochondrial pore opening to allow mitochondrial RNA release in systemic lupus erythematosus: pathophysiological implications (from Rheumatology (SLE))
Chuan-Yueh Huang; De-Wei Wu; L. Hung; Chien-Hsiang Wu; Shue-Fen Luo — Cell Communication and Signaling : CCS 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: VDAC1, cGAS-STING, IRF7-metabolic, clinical-phenotype

Demonstrates IFN-alpha-driven VDAC1-mediated mitochondrial pore opening and nucleic acid (mtRNA) release in macrophages, directly paralleling the BLUE loop VDAC1/cGAS-STING mechanism central to the SAMHD1 interferonopathy model, though in an SLE rather than SAMHD1 context.
DOI: 10.1186/s12964-026-02910-3

Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Treatment of Primary Immune Regulatory Disorders. (from Clinical allergy/immunology (JAK inhibitor therapeutics for inborn errors of immunity))
N. Alsaati; L. Satter — The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: JAK-STAT, treatment-target, AGS-spectrum, clinical-phenotype

Reviews JAK inhibitor use in type I interferonopathies and immune dysregulation disorders, directly relevant as a therapeutic strategy applicable to the IFN-I-driven SAMHD1 haploinsufficiency syndrome described.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2026.05.019

Beyond the interferon score: neurofilament light chain and glial fibrillary acidic protein capture immune-mediated neuroinjury and response to JAK inhibition in Aicardi–Goutières syndrome (from Neurology/biomarker science)
L. Wege; Christian Klemann; Sandy Siegert; Annette E Bley; S. Koss — Frontiers in Immunology 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: AGS-spectrum, JAK-STAT, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

AGS is the core type I interferonopathy prototype in the SAMHD1 mechanistic spectrum, and this paper demonstrates JAK inhibitor efficacy on neuroinjury biomarkers (pNfL/pGFAP) that outperform IFN score, directly relevant to treatment monitoring strategies applicable to SAMHD1-driven interferonopathy.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1782352

Intranasal Human NSC‐Derived EVs Therapy Can Restrain Inflammatory Microglial Transcriptome, and NLRP3 and cGAS‐STING Signalling, in Aged Hippocampus (from Neuroscience/regenerative medicine (stem cell-derived extracellular vesicle therapeutics for neuroinflammaging))
L. N. Madhu; Maheedhar Kodali; Shama Rao; Sahithi Attaluri; Raghavendra Upadhya — Journal of Extracellular Vesicles 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, JAK-STAT, treatment-target, NF-kB-NLRP3-priming

This paper demonstrates a therapeutic EV-based approach that suppresses NLRP3 inflammasome and cGAS-STING-IFN-1 signaling via specific miRNAs, directly relevant to the convergent interferon-inflammasome mechanism underlying the SAMHD1 syndrome even though it is in an aging-neuroinflammation rather than SAMHD1 context.
DOI: 10.1002/jev2.70232

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Mitochondrial Regulation of the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Diabetic Kidney Disease: From Mechanisms to Therapeutic Strategies (from Nephrology/Endocrinology)
Xiangyun Chen; Zhenyu Wu; Kaiyan Yu; Juan Zhang; Hongjie Di — International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

Reviews mitochondrial ROS/ox-mtDNA-driven NLRP3 activation as a core mechanistic parallel to Loop B/mito-ROS-NF-kB axes, though contextualized in diabetic kidney disease rather than SAMHD1 interferonopathy.
DOI: 10.3390/ijms27114819

Icariin attenuates diabetic cardiomyopathy by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome through SIRT3-mediated TFAM deacetylation (from Cardiology/pharmacology)
Mingsheng Sun; Hui Huang; Chao Wei; Yuan Xing; Bing Wu — Frontiers in Pharmacology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

Demonstrates mtROS/cytosolic mtDNA-driven NLRP3 activation in cardiomyopathy and its pharmacological reversal via SIRT3-TFAM, paralleling the PURPLE/mito-ROS-NF-kB loop implicated in the SAMHD1 syndrome's cardiac and mitochondrial pathology.
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2026.1829772

PPARG activation by pioglitazone promotes mitophagy and inhibits the NLRP3 inflammasome to alleviate arthritic joint inflammation and bone damage. (from Rheumatology/endocrinology (thiazolidinedione repurposing for RA-T2DM multimorbidity))
Tingting Fu; Yanglin Wu; Bo Wang; Qin Zhang; Lujun Guo — Autophagy 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, ISG15-mitophagy, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

Demonstrates that mitophagy induction (via PPARG) suppresses NLRP3 inflammasome activation and IL1B/IL18 release in arthritis, directly relevant to the family's RA phenotype and the mitophagy-block/NLRP3 axis central to the SAMHD1 syndrome, though it does not involve interferon or SAMHD1 mechanisms.
DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2026.2676071

Mitochondrial Dysfunction in the Inflammatory Process of Neurodegenerative Diseases (from Neurodegeneration/mitochondrial bioenergetics)
Salvatore Nesci — Biomedicines 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, POLG-mtDNA, treatment-target

Reviews mtDNA-driven ROS/cGAS-STING/NLRP3 neuroinflammatory crosstalk analogous to the PURPLE/BLUE loops but centers on ETC supercomplex biology in neurodegeneration rather than SAMHD1 dNTPase mechanism.
DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines14030682

Mitochondrial dysregulation in rheumatoid arthritis: From pathogenic mechanisms to therapeutic innovations. (from Rheumatology)
Ao Wang; Tiangang Ma; Jinyan Yu; Yanbing Hu; Xin Di — International immunopharmacology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

Reviews mitochondrial dysfunction driving NLRP3/cGAS-STING activation in rheumatoid arthritis, directly relevant to the family's RA phenotype and the interferon-mitochondrial mechanism, though not SAMHD1-specific.
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2026.116622

Subthreshold Thermal Stress Aggravates Methamphetamine-Induced Cardiomyocyte Pyroptosis via the Mitochondrial ROS/BAX/mtDNA/NLRP3 Pathway (from toxicology/cardiology (methamphetamine-induced cardiotoxicity))
Mengmeng Wang; Cong-Cong Hou; Mengliang Hu; Dan Zhou; Xintao Wang — International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

Demonstrates a mitochondrial ROS/BAX/mtDNA-driven NLRP3 inflammasome activation pathway causing pyroptosis, directly paralleling the disease's ox-mtDNA/NLRP3 mechanism and mitochondrial-targeted antioxidant therapeutic strategy, though in a toxicology rather than SAMHD1 context.
DOI: 10.3390/ijms27115000

Ag2Se quantum dots neurotoxicity: mitochondrial stress drives ferroptosis-dependent microglial inflammation (from nanotoxicology/environmental health)
Yongshuai Yao; Zhihui Wang; Chunhui Zhang; Xiaoquan Huang; T. Wei — Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, cGAS-STING, mito-ROS-NF-kB

This nanotoxicology paper demonstrates mtROS-mPTP-mtDNA leakage-STING-NLRP3 ferroptosis axis, mechanistically paralleling the BLUE/PURPLE loop convergence on NLRP3 via mitochondrial damage even though triggered by quantum dots rather than SAMHD1 deficiency.
DOI: 10.1186/s12951-026-04322-4

The mitochondrial logic of inflammaging: how energy imbalance drives fibroblast SASP and tissue-specific aging (from Dental/periodontal biology and aging/senescence research)
Yu Huan; Qiqi Wang; Rongkaixuan Fang; Yue Sun; Meiya Suo — Frontiers in Immunology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, NF-kB-IKK, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

Describes mitochondrial danger signals (mtROS, mtDNA) converging on cGAS-STING, NLRP3, and NF-kB to drive SASP/inflammaging, mechanistically overlapping with the SAMHD1 interferon-mitochondrial loops though not disease-specific.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1881243

Trihexyl phosphate exposure disrupts mitophagy and activates mtDNA-cGAS-STING signaling to drive pyroptosis and steroidogenic impairment in Leydig cells. (from Toxicology/Andrology (reproductive endocrinology))
Yinwei Dai; Zhuoqi Chen; Weijian Zhu; Shaowei Wang; X. Ren — Journal of hazardous materials 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

This paper demonstrates the mitophagy-mtDNA-cGAS-STING-NLRP3-pyroptosis cascade in a toxicological (reproductive) context, mechanistically paralleling the BLUE/RED loops in the SAMHD1 syndrome despite lacking any SAMHD1 or genetic haploinsufficiency link.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141827

Programming Mn(II) coordination in self-assembling peptides amplifies mtDNA-driven STING signaling for potent antitumor immunity (from Materials science/nanomedicine oncology immunotherapy)
Guoyu Xia; Chenyang Wang; L. Peng; Weiyu Xing; Lulu Wang — Materials Today Bio 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target

This paper demonstrates a nanomaterial-driven mtDNA leakage → cGAS-STING amplification mechanism analogous to the BLUE pathway (VDAC1/mtDNA-cGAS-STING) in the syndrome, though applied here as an antitumor immunotherapy strategy rather than disease mechanism.
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2026.103373

Metformin attenuates lens epithelial cell senescence by suppressing cGAS-STING via SIRT1-PGC-1α-mediated mitochondrial fission. (from Ophthalmology (age-related cataract/lens epithelial cell biology))
Jialin Luo; Chaoqun Wei; Liyao Sun; Huirui Liu; Yu Mi — Experimental gerontology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, POLG-mtDNA, treatment-target

Demonstrates mitochondrial fragmentation-driven mtDNA cytosolic release activating cGAS-STING to promote senescence, mirroring the BLUE loop mechanism, with metformin/SIRT1-PGC-1α as a potential upstream treatment lever relevant to the syndrome's core pathway even though outside immunology.
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2026.113157

USP10 activity as sensitizer of lung adenocarcinoma to immune checkpoint inhibitors: Upregulating PD-L1 via the ANT3-mediated activation of the cGAS-STING pathway. (from Oncology (lung adenocarcinoma immunotherapy biomarker research))
Aman Wang; Mengyuan Xu; Z. Ning; Yibin Teng; He Qin — Journal of Clinical Oncology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target

Demonstrates mtDNA leakage-driven cGAS-STING-TBK1-IRF3 activation via a mitochondrial protein (ANT3) that upregulates PD-L1, mechanistically parallel to the VDAC1/mtDNA-cGAS-STING loop in the SAMHD1 model though in an oncology/immunotherapy context rather than interferonopathy.
DOI: 10.1200/jco.2026.44.16_suppl.8542

A Dual‐Function Mitochondria‐Targeted Polyoxometalate Nanomicelle Boosts Pyroptosis‐Dependent Antitumor Immune Response in Triple‐Negative Breast Cancer (from Oncology/nanomedicine (breast cancer immunotherapy))
Qingqing Dou; Peixiao Jiang; Fang Zhang; Kun Yang; Zhichao Li — Rare Metals 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, mTOR-lysosomal, treatment-target

While focused on TNBC oncology rather than SAMHD1 biology, this paper demonstrates the exact core mechanism in the disease profile (GSDMD-mediated mtDNA release → cGAS-STING activation, mitophagy blockade sustaining the mtDNA-cGAS-STING axis) via a nanomaterial approach, offering mechanistic insight and a potential therapeutic strategy (lysosomal/autophagy blockade to amplify interferon signaling) relevant to the convergent interferon-mitochondrial syndrome pathways.
DOI: 10.1002/rar2.70302

C62-25 From Lupus to Interferonopathy: Revisiting the Diagnosis in a Child With Interstitial Lung Disease (from Pediatric Pulmonology/Critical Care Medicine)
A. Kenney; C. Spencer Grant; S. Shea — American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: JAK-STAT, AGS-spectrum, clinical-phenotype, IRF7-metabolic

USP18-related type I interferonopathy presenting with ILD, NAFLD, and intracranial calcifications closely parallels the IFN-I/AGS-spectrum overlap and multi-organ interferonopathy phenotype relevant to SAMHD1-driven disease, though it involves a different gene in the same pathway.
DOI: 10.1093/ajrccm/aamag162.2768

Leveraging Type I Interferons: Exploring Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Strategies in Autoimmune Diseases. (from Rheumatology/autoimmune disease)
Sarvin Jabbari; R. Safaralizadeh; E. A. V. Beilankouhi; Mohammad Valilo; Mohamma — Critical reviews in immunology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: JAK-STAT, AGS-spectrum, treatment-target

General review of type I interferon signaling, epigenetics, and JAK-STAT in autoimmune disease/interferonopathies is relevant background to the IFN-I arm of the SAMHD1 mechanism but does not address SAMHD1, mitochondrial dNTP handling, or inflammasome crosstalk directly.
DOI: 10.1615/critrevimmunol.2026062673

Anifrolumab, a potential treatment for ADA2 deficiency. (from Rheumatology)
L. Vincenti; Jonathan Sormani; Alexandre Belot; Maël Richard; Yoann Roubertou — RMD open 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: JAK-STAT, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype, AGS-spectrum

DADA2 is a related monogenic interferonopathy with autoinflammatory/vasculitis features showing successful IFN-I receptor blockade (anifrolumab), directly relevant as a treatment-target precedent for SAMHD1-driven interferon pathway pathology.
DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2025-006569

PTPN1-related autoinflammation is a common cause of Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome with reduced penetrance (from Genetics/genomics (AGS gene discovery cohort))
D. Calame; Emma Wiener; F. Gavazzi; A. Sevagamoorthy; A. Pizzino — medRxiv 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: AGS-spectrum, cGAS-STING, JAK-STAT, clinical-phenotype

PTPN1 is a novel AGS-spectrum interferonopathy gene with reduced penetrance and later-onset autoinflammatory phenotype, directly analogous to the SAMHD1 A565T haploinsufficiency model of variable-penetrance type I interferonopathy.
DOI: 10.64898/2026.03.27.26345228

Severe Hyperinflammation and Evans Syndrome in Patient with RelA Deficiency Successfully Treated with Infliximab (from Rheumatology/Immunology (inborn errors of immunity))
Jamie Loutfy; Michell M Lozano; Sanjay J. Shah — Journal of Human Immunity 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NF-kB-IKK, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype, AGS-spectrum

RelA (p65) deficiency directly implicates the NF-kB pathway central to this disease's crosstalk axis, causing hyperinflammation/interferonopathy-like features and MAS treated with anti-TNF, offering therapeutic and mechanistic parallels though not SAMHD1-specific.
DOI: 10.70962/cis2026abstract.187

Haploinsufficiency for Human ABCF1 Underlies Gastrointestinal Autoimmunity (from Gastroenterology/immunogenetics (celiac disease and IBD genetics))
Xin Long; Xi Li; Zhikai Chi; W. Ying; Hemanth Karnati — Journal of Human Immunity 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: JAK-STAT, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

This paper describes another heterozygous haploinsufficiency gene (ABCF1) causing constitutive interferon signaling, JAK-STAT hyperactivation, and autoimmune/GI inflammation responsive to JAK inhibition (tofacitinib), closely paralleling the interferonopathy mechanism and treatment strategy relevant to SAMHD1 A565T.
DOI: 10.70962/cis2026abstract.213

Mechanisms outpacing medicine in autoinflammatory diseases (from clinical rheumatology/genetic medicine treatment strategy)
Ruyue Chen — Frontiers in Immunology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, JAK-STAT, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype, NF-kB-IKK, AGS-spectrum

This conceptual review on genotype-informed treatment frameworks for interferonopathies, inflammasomopathies, and NF-kB disorders provides directly relevant therapeutic decision-making context for the SAMHD1 A565T interferon-mitochondrial syndrome, though it lacks SAMHD1-specific data or mitochondrial dNTP mechanism detail.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1868804

Bespoke Base and Prime Editing Approaches for STING-Associated Vasculopathy with Onset in Infancy (SAVI) (from gene therapy / genome editing for inborn errors of immunity)
Enrico Drago; Jona Papri; Chiara Fresia; G. Casirati; F. Schena — Journal of Human Immunity 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery, AGS-spectrum, treatment-target

This paper demonstrates base/prime editing correction of a STING1 gain-of-function interferonopathy mutation, directly relevant as a gene-therapy translation model for the SAMHD1 A565T interferon-driven syndrome, though it targets a different upstream node in the same IFN-I pathway.
DOI: 10.70962/cis2026abstract.5

COPA Syndrome and Its Many Flavors (from clinical immunology/genetics (pediatric inborn errors of immunity))
Faiyza Osman; J. P. Lopes — Journal of Human Immunity 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: JAK-STAT, AGS-spectrum, clinical-phenotype, treatment-target

COPA syndrome is another monogenic type I interferonopathy with JAK-inhibitor responsiveness, immune dysregulation, and overlapping clinical features (arthralgia, pulmonary disease, autoinflammation) analogous to the SAMHD1 interferon-mitochondrial syndrome, offering cross-disease mechanistic and diagnostic parallels.
DOI: 10.70962/cis2026abstract.133

Influenza a virus NS2 suppresses NFKB/NF-κB signaling to facilitate viral replication by mediating the autophagic-degradation of IKBKG/NEMO. (from Virology/Autophagy biology)
Bo Zhang; Lebin Han; Chenying Cui; Jiaxin Huang; Qiyun Zhu — Autophagy 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NF-kB-IKK, other

Demonstrates a viral immune-evasion mechanism directly targeting NEMO/IKBKG via autophagic degradation, relevant to the NF-κB/IKK axis and viral-trigger context (adenovirus/SARS-CoV-2) implicated in the family's post-viral ME/CFS onset, though it does not involve SAMHD1 or interferon/NLRP3 pathways directly.
DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2026.2676801

Adenine Nucleotide Translocase: From Nucleotide Carrier to a Modulator of Mitochondrial Bioenergetics, Quality Control, and Cellular Communication (from cardiology/mitochondrial bioenergetics)
U. Rauch-Kroehnert; J. Heger; Ulf Landmesser; A. Dörner — Cells 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: VDAC1, NLRP3, ISG15-mitophagy, mito-ROS-NF-kB, other

ANT is a functional analog/partner to VDAC1 in mitochondrial permeability transition, nucleic acid release, and PINK1-Parkin mitophagy-inflammasome crosstalk, providing mechanistic support for the BLUE/RED loop architecture even without direct SAMHD1 linkage.
DOI: 10.3390/cells15070646

Self-Carrier Nanoagonist Enabling Positive Feedback Regulation of Cuproptosis-Immunity for Potent Antitumor Therapy. (from Oncology/nanomedicine)
Minhao Jiang; Penghui Li; Yinuo Shu; Guoshi Xu; Yinghua Peng — ACS nano 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target, other

Describes mtDNA release triggering cGAS-STING activation via mitochondrial damage in a cancer nanomedicine context, mechanistically overlapping with the BLUE pathway's mtDNA-cGAS-STING axis though applied to oncology rather than SAMHD1 interferonopathy.
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c19675

Genotoxicity profiling reveals distinct platform- and cell type–specific effects in therapeutic gene editing for genetic hyperinflammation (from Genome editing / gene therapy (hematology-immunology translational))
L. Lei; M. M. Kaufmann; Jessica P. Lao; Gudrun Thoulass; Sandra Ammann — Cell stem cell 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing, treatment-target, NLRP3

This paper demonstrates base-editing correction of a point mutation causing a genetic hyperinflammatory syndrome (FHL3) in HSCs/T cells, directly analogous to the gene-correction strategies (base/prime editing in myeloid/immune cells) relevant to future SAMHD1 A565T therapeutic translation, though it does not involve SAMHD1, IFN-I, or NLRP3 mechanistically.
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2026.04.014

Galactose-decorated lipid nanoparticle-mediated delivery of a selective NLRP3 inhibitor attenuates hepatic inflammation in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. (from Materials science/nanomedicine drug delivery)
Chunyan Niu; Wen Gao; M. Tan; Yue Chen; Yongqiang Shi — Journal of materials chemistry. B 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, NF-kB-NLRP3-priming, treatment-target

Uses MCC950 (a known NLRP3 inhibitor referenced in the mechanism profile) with a targeted delivery system to treat NF-κB/NLRP3-driven hepatic steatosis/fibrosis, directly relevant to the GOLD/mito-dNTP-transport hepatic steatosis endpoint and hepatology clinical context.
DOI: 10.1039/d5tb02289d

[211At]Astatine-Based Conditioning with a Humanized CD45 Antibody for Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapy. (from Hematology/gene therapy engineering)
S. Radtke; George S. Laszlo; Kyle Swing; Andrea Repele; Jacob W Barton — Blood 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing

Describes base editing and HSPC gene therapy delivery methodology relevant to future correction strategies for SAMHD1 variants but does not address SAMHD1 or interferon-mitochondrial mechanisms directly.
DOI: 10.1182/blood.2026033789

LAH5-mediated delivery of prime editor ribonucleoprotein complexes for genome editing. (from gene therapy / bioengineering (cardiology model system))
Bing Yao; Mert Öktem; Geng Yang; Qian Wang; Mark A Daniels — International journal of pharmaceutics 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

Describes a non-viral CPP-based delivery system for prime editor RNPs correcting a point mutation, technically relevant as a platform for future correction of SAMHD1 A565T though applied here to a cardiac PLN mutation, not immune/myeloid cells.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2026.126622

Nanoengineered 3D culture substrate enables superior persistence and polyclonal engraftment of genetically engineered hematopoietic stem cells (from Biomedical engineering/gene therapy (HSC bioengineering))
Federico Midena; Laura Alessandrini; C. Conci; M. Barcella; Francesco Gazzo — Cell Stem Cell 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing

Describes a nanoengineered 3D HSPC culture platform enabling improved base/prime editing and lentiviral gene addition persistence, relevant as a delivery/correction strategy for future SAMHD1 het variant correction in HSC/myeloid lineages but not directly addressing SAMHD1 or its pathways.
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2025.12.016

Transduction of quiescent human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells using lentiviral vectors and virus-like particles (from Gene and cell therapy / hematology)
Denise Klatt; C. Brendel — Current protocols 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

Describes lentiviral/eVLP transduction of quiescent HSPCs, a delivery platform relevant to future gene correction strategies for SAMHD1 variants in immune/myeloid cells but does not address disease mechanism directly.
DOI: 10.1002/cpz1.70301

Selection of human hematopoietic stem cells bearing the intended functional edit by transient AND-gate reporters. (from gene therapy/genome engineering)
D. Canarutto; Martina Fiumara; Vigneshwaran Venkatesan; Chiara Gaddoni; Kohei Sh — Nature biotechnology 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

Describes an HSPC gene-editing selection/enrichment platform (SMArT) relevant to future correction of het missense variants like SAMHD1 A565T in myeloid/immune progenitor cells, though not disease-specific.
DOI: 10.1038/s41587-026-03142-z

Functional correction and genome integrity with duplex base editing of β-thalassemic hematopoietic stem cells (from Hematology/gene therapy)
Nikoletta Y Papaioannou; Petros Patsali; Julia Klermund; P. Papasavva; G. Andrie — Genome Biology 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing

Demonstrates base-editing safety/efficacy in primary CD34+ HSCs for a monogenic disease, methodologically relevant to future SAMHD1 het missense correction strategies in myeloid/immune cells despite different disease target.
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-026-03974-7

Novel gene-editing technologies: applications of CRISPR-Cas9, base editing, and prime editing in SCID gene therapy (from gene therapy/hematology)
Greg Crawford; P. Sagoo; H. B. Gaspar — Journal of Translational Genetics and Genomics 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

Reviews CRISPR-Cas9, base editing, and prime editing for SCID HSC gene therapy, relevant as a delivery/correction platform analogous to future SAMHD1 A565T myeloid correction but not disease-specific.
DOI: 10.20517/jtgg.2025.95

Abstract 3019: The first coacervate based delivery system for efficient and safe genetic engineering in stem cells (from gene therapy/bioengineering)
Peipei Zhu; Manman Lu; Qing Zhang; Renxia Zhang; Lihong Jiang — Cancer Research 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing

Describes a novel non-viral coacervate delivery platform enabling efficient mRNA/Cas9 RNP and prime editing delivery into HSCs and iPSCs, relevant as a potential future correction strategy for a heterozygous missense variant like SAMHD1 p.A565T though not disease-specific.
DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2026-3019

High-fidelity genome and prime editing enabled by the AI-designed openCRISPR-1. (from genome editing / synthetic biology)
Hye-Yeon Hwang; Hwalin Yi; Yuju Gwon; Eunju Jeon; Daesik Kim — Genome medicine 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

This paper describes a general-purpose AI-designed high-fidelity nuclease and prime editor platform (OpenCRISPR-1/PE7) with eVLP delivery, which is technically relevant to future correction of a heterozygous missense variant like SAMHD1 A565T but has no direct disease-specific content.
DOI: 10.1186/s13073-026-01682-2

A First-in-Human Base Edit Gene Therapy for CD40L Deficiency X-Linked Hyper IgM (XHIGM) Syndrome (from gene therapy / primary immunodeficiency)
S. de Ravin; Tyra Estwick; Yuzhi Yin; Michelle Ma; Siyuan Liu — Journal of Human Immunity 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, treatment-target

This describes base editing of autologous HSC/T cells for a monogenic primary immunodeficiency (CD40L/XHIGM), offering a relevant precedent for gene correction strategies in immune cells applicable to a het missense variant like SAMHD1 A565T, though the disease and mechanism are unrelated to interferonopathy/mitochondrial pathways.
DOI: 10.70962/cis2026abstract.1

On-Demand Personalized Gene Editing to Treat IRF4 p.T95A Immunodeficiency (from Gene therapy/immunodeficiency (IEI) translational research)
V. Toskov; Sébastien Levesque; M. Elkins; Haarika Kathi; C. Platt — Journal of Human Immunity 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery, clinical-phenotype

Not SAMHD1-related, but demonstrates allele-specific prime editing correction of a dominant-negative/neomorphic immune transcription factor variant in patient T cells, directly relevant to future gene correction strategies for a het missense variant like SAMHD1 A565T.
DOI: 10.70962/cis2026abstract.17

Restoration of the immune system with base editing and non-genotoxic conditioning in a Rag2 point-mutant mouse model. (from gene therapy / hematopoietic stem cell transplantation)
Carla Dib; Jack A. Queenan; Hana Willner; Leah Swartzrock; Carsten T. Charleswor — Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

Demonstrates base editing with eVLPs and non-genotoxic conditioning to correct a point-mutant HSPC immune disorder, directly relevant to future gene-correction strategies for a het missense variant like SAMHD1 A565T but not disease-specific.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2026.04.010

Base editing of Artemis mutations ex vivo sheds light on gene therapy for Artemis-deficient SCID (from gene therapy / immunodeficiency genetics)
Ziwen Huang; Zhenxi Cai; Peiyang Yan; Yi-Heng Hu; Ying Wang — Advanced Biotechnology 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing

Demonstrates base editing correction of a monogenic immunodeficiency gene (Artemis/SCID) ex vivo, offering a technical template relevant to future correction of het SAMHD1 missense variants like A565T but with no direct SAMHD1 or interferonopathy mechanism.
DOI: 10.1007/s44307-026-00115-w

Efficient prime editing in vivo and in vitro using lipid nanoparticles. (from gene therapy/nanomedicine engineering)
A. Jiang; Ana Cristian; Dominique L. Brooks; Emily R. Feierman; Paul Z. Chen — Nature nanotechnology 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

This paper demonstrates a generalizable LNP-based prime editing delivery platform for liver correction of point mutations, relevant as a potential future correction strategy for SAMHD1 A565T though not targeting immune/myeloid cells directly.
DOI: 10.1038/s41565-026-02200-6

Optimizing Peptide Ionizable Lipids Enables Efficient and Low‐Toxicity mRNA Delivery for In Vivo Prime Editing and Protein Replacement Therapy (from materials science / gene therapy delivery engineering)
Qiu Wang; Yi Lin; Jiahui Xiao; Keqing Xu; Zijin Luo — Advanced Materials 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

Describes a novel LNP platform for in vivo prime editing and mRNA delivery, relevant as a potential future gene correction vehicle for a SAMHD1 missense variant but not tissue/cell-type specific to immune/myeloid cells and lacks any disease-mechanism content.
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202522552

The Improvements and Applications of Prime Editing (from molecular genetics/gene therapy engineering)
Yaoyao Lu; C. Bouchard; Nicolas Soucy; A. Siddika; Gabriel Lamothe — DNA 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

General review of prime editing advancements and delivery methods (AAV, LNP, EV) relevant to future correction of heterozygous missense variants like SAMHD1 A565T, though not disease-specific.
DOI: 10.3390/dna6010016

A primer on prime: A prime editing update from advances to first-in-human trial. (from Gene therapy/genome editing)
Caleb Lushington; Paul Thomas; Fatwa Adikusuma — Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

General prime editing review with no SAMHD1 or immune-specific content, but relevant as a technology update for future correction of het missense variants like p.A565T.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2026.04.033

Advances in Engineered Virus-Like Particles for Genome Editing and Therapy (from gene therapy/bioengineering)
Se Hyeok Son; S. Woo; Ayeon Choi; S. Ahn; Hee Chan Yoo — Biodrugs 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

Reviews eVLP delivery platforms for genome editing (Cas9/base/prime editors), relevant as a potential future correction strategy for a heterozygous missense variant like SAMHD1 A565T but with no disease-specific mechanistic content.
DOI: 10.1007/s40259-026-00767-z

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Targeting the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Atherosclerosis: A Review of Natural Products and Their Molecular Mechanisms (from Cardiology/vascular pharmacology)
Su-Jin Bae; Hye-Min Seo; Si-Eon You; Junho H. Lee — International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, NF-kB-NLRP3-priming, mito-ROS-NF-kB

Reviews NLRP3 inflammasome activation (ROS, TLR4/NF-κB priming, mitochondrial ROS, autophagy) in atherosclerosis using natural product inhibitors, sharing core pathway mechanisms but no SAMHD1, interferon, or family-phenotype connection.
DOI: 10.3390/ijms27083650

Sarsasapogenin attenuates renal ischemia-reperfusion injury by inhibiting the NF-κB pathway and NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated pyroptosis. (from Nephrology/pharmacology (natural compound therapeutics))
Q. Yuan; Yaoke Li; Kaiwen Shen; Ruibo Zhang; Qiang Wang — International immunopharmacology 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, NF-kB-IKK

This paper demonstrates NF-κB/NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis in a renal ischemia-reperfusion model, offering generic pathway overlap but no mitochondrial dNTP, cGAS-STING, or SAMHD1-specific mechanism relevant to the syndrome.
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2026.116872

Rational design of a V-shaped DNA-targeted photosensitizer enables endogenous DNA damage-driven cGAS-STING activation and systemic antitumor immunity (from Oncology/biomaterials (photodynamic therapy))
Yi Cai; Cai-Yun Wang; M. Dong; Zhang Lin; Caiqiang Liao — Materials Today Bio 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NLRP3, other

This is a cancer photodynamic therapy paper using cGAS-STING/NLRP3 pathway activation as a tumor immunotherapy mechanism, sharing pathway components but with an artificial DNA-damage trigger unrelated to SAMHD1 dNTPase dysfunction or mitochondrial nucleotide biology.
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2026.103290

TRU-PE: A Universal, Trackable Prime Editor Toolkit for Robust Single-and Multi-Locus Genome Engineering (from Genome engineering/synthetic biology)
Zhichao Qiu; Keke Sun; Qingwei Zeng; Ziwei Luo; Xinran Liu — bioRxiv 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

This paper describes a general prime editing toolkit improving delivery/efficiency and multiplexing, with no direct SAMHD1 or immune/myeloid cell application shown, though the underlying technology is relevant to future correction of the p.A565T variant.
DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.20.706938

In vitro and in vivo base editing of CCR5 in hematopoietic stem cells confers HIV-1 resistance. (from Gene therapy/virology)
Anna K. Anderson; Aphrodite Georgakopoulou; A. Kuhlmann; Hongjie Wang; Andrew O. — Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

Demonstrates in vivo base editing in HSCs using helper-dependent adenoviral vectors for CCR5/HIV, offering a relevant delivery platform analog for future SAMHD1 correction but with no direct SAMHD1/interferonopathy mechanism.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2026.03.018

Epigenome editing of human hematopoietic stem cells enables sustained and reversible thrombosis prevention (from Hematology/gene therapy engineering)
Tianyi Ye; Wanying Xu; Maria N. Barrachina; Peng Lyu; Mateusz Antoszewski — bioRxiv 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

This paper demonstrates HSC epigenome editing for durable gene silencing (ITGB3) relevant as a delivery/technology platform for future SAMHD1 correction strategies but has no direct connection to SAMHD1 or the interferon-mitochondrial-inflammasome mechanism.
DOI: 10.64898/2026.03.27.714536

O14 Next-generation sequencing precision: on- and off-target analysis of gene editing in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (from Dermatology/gene therapy)
A. Kazemizadeh; I. Brooks; Carina Graham; Yara Alrokh; I. Guri — British Journal of Dermatology 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

This paper demonstrates base/prime editing correction of a COL7A1 nonsense variant with off-target NGS/WGS analysis, offering a methodological analog for correcting a heterozygous missense variant like SAMHD1 A565T but is unrelated to the disease's interferon-mitochondrial pathways or cell types (fibroblasts/keratinocytes vs. myeloid/immune cells).
DOI: 10.1093/bjd/ljaf429.014

Engineering precision oncology: Targeting tumors and immune cells with lentiviral vectors (from gene therapy vector engineering / oncology)
J. Rossi; Chiara Martinello; Riccardo G. Sorrentino; V. Guyonnet-Duperat; S. Ami — Molecular Therapy Oncology 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing

This is a general lentiviral/VLP engineering review for oncology delivery with only tangential mention of prime-editing VLPs and no direct connection to SAMHD1 biology or the interferon-mitochondrial mechanism.
DOI: 10.1016/j.omton.2026.201197

Synonymous editing alters ion channel function, favoring prime editing for retinal disease correction (from Ophthalmology/retinal genetics)
Meha Kabra; M. Moosajee; Ana Navarrete; Gregory A. Newby; Piper A Rawding — International Journal of Biological Sciences 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

Demonstrates prime editing's superiority over base editing for precise missense correction with functional validation, methodologically relevant to future SAMHD1 A565T correction strategies but unrelated to disease mechanism or affected tissue.
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.132743

In vivo base editing alleviates hepatic iron accumulation and fibrosis in models of HFE-related hereditary hemochromatosis. (from Hepatology/gene therapy)
Vanessa Hamann; Sebastian Hook; P. Sujariyakul; Rajesvaran Ramalingam; M. Sgodda — Journal of hepatology 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing

This paper demonstrates LNP-delivered base editing for HFE hemochromatosis in hepatocytes, technically relevant as a gene correction delivery platform but not targeting immune/myeloid cells or SAMHD1-related pathways.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2026.05.022

In vivo base editing rescues liver pathophysiology and peroxisome dysfunction in a mouse model of Zellweger spectrum disorder (from Hepatology/Metabolic genetics (peroxisomal disorder gene therapy))
Xin D. Gao; Maximiliano Presa; Jordyn E Duby; Jennifer Ryan; Pierre-Alexandre Pi — Nature biomedical engineering 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

This paper demonstrates in vivo adenine base editing via AAV9/LNP delivery to correct a liver-specific monogenic disease, offering a relevant gene-correction technology template but no direct connection to SAMHD1, interferon/inflammasome pathways, or mitochondrial dNTP mechanisms.
DOI: 10.1038/s41551-026-01651-5

The next generation of lipid nanoparticles for in vivo engineering and targeted delivery (from nanomedicine/drug delivery engineering)
Penghui Zhao; Zerui Zhou; Jie Chen; Wei Sun; Zhen Tian — Nano Research 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

This is a general review of next-generation LNP delivery technology relevant to gene/mRNA therapeutics but does not address SAMHD1, its mechanistic pathways, or myeloid/immune-specific editing applications directly.
DOI: 10.26599/nr.2026.94908949

Prime Editing Exhibits Limited Genome-Wide Off-Target Effects in Cellular and Embryonic Gene Editing (from genome editing / molecular biology)
Jitan Zheng; Mingdi Wu; Xueyan Wang; Zhenrui Zuo; Chikai Zhou — Cells 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

General prime editing off-target safety benchmarking (PE5max vs PE3max) is a background gene-therapy platform advance not specific to SAMHD1 correction or myeloid/immune cell delivery.
DOI: 10.3390/cells15050438

Prime editing in neuropsychiatric disorders: From mutation‐specific target selection to clinical translation (from Neurology/gene therapy engineering)
Tianshan Ji; Yuan Zhang; Jinyi Zhao; Yi Lu; Chengkun Wang — Neuroprotection 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

Discusses general prime editing technology and delivery advances for neuropsychiatric disorders but is not specific to SAMHD1, myeloid/immune cell editing, or immune pathway mechanisms relevant to the disease profile.
DOI: 10.1002/nep3.70041

Optimizing prime editing: Advances in efficiency enhancement. (from molecular genome engineering/biotechnology)
Ying Qu; Yingying Li; Tong Shao; Jingyu Kuang; Yanhua Qi — Biotechnology advances 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: prime-editing

This is a general technical review of prime editing efficiency optimization with no immune/myeloid cell context or connection to SAMHD1 correction strategies specifically, though relevant as background technology for future gene correction of the A565T variant.
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2026.108815

Building CRISPR-Based Gene-Editing Platforms for Personalized Medicine: The Next Step in Interventional Genetics (from gene therapy/genetic engineering)
Sebastian Hernandez Rodriguez; Toshifumi Yokota — Genes 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

A general review of CRISPR base/prime editing platforms for personalized medicine, relevant only as background to potential future correction of the SAMHD1 A565T variant but with no disease-specific or pathway-specific content.
DOI: 10.3390/genes17060631

P19 Proof of concept for a variant-agnostic, permanent DNA editing cure for dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (from Dermatology / gene therapy technology development)
Carina Graham; Stephen L Hart; John McGrath; Joanna Jacków-Malinowksa — British Journal of Dermatology 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

This paper demonstrates prime editing/eePASSIGE and LNP delivery technology relevant to future gene correction strategies but targets COL7A1/skin disease rather than SAMHD1 or immune/myeloid cells specifically.
DOI: 10.1093/bjd/ljaf429.046

Gene-Editing and Drug Delivery Convergence: Pharmaceutical Strategies for Precision Gene Therapy (from Pharmaceutical sciences/drug delivery)
Sanjeev Kumar; K. Raj; Kirti Rani; M. Kumawat; Priya Srivastava — Journal of Pharmacology, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing

General review of gene-editing delivery platforms with no SAMHD1, interferon, or mitochondrial mechanism specificity, though broadly relevant to future correction of the A565T variant.
DOI: 10.64062/jpgmb.vol2.issue2.1

Copper oxide nanoparticles induce size dependent endothelial damage and cuproptosis via MAPK/NF-κB/NLRP3 signaling pathway. (from Toxicology/nanomaterial safety science)
Ye Cheng; Xiangyu Cao; Dawo Liu — Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, mito-ROS-NF-kB

This is a nanotoxicology study on copper oxide nanoparticles inducing endothelial cuproptosis via MAPK/NF-κB/NLRP3, sharing pathway components but with no connection to SAMHD1, interferon signaling, or mitochondrial dNTP biology.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2026.116171

Recalibrating cell fate: targeting the mitochondrial signaling hub with natural active compounds to inhibit regulated cell death in diabetic kidney disease (from Nephrology/diabetes)
Yinzhong Dai; Chenguang Wu; Jiaying Zheng; Keqin Zhao; Shimei Hua — Frontiers in Physiology 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, other

This paper discusses mitochondrial-driven NLRP3/apoptosis/ferroptosis crosstalk in diabetic kidney disease with natural compounds, sharing conceptual overlap with mitochondrial-NLRP3 signaling but no connection to SAMHD1, interferon pathways, or the specific disease mechanism.
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2026.1774714

ASS1 Promotes Atherosclerotic Inflammation Through the NLRP3/IL-33/ST2 Axis in Ox-LDL-Induced Foam Cells. (from Cardiology/vascular biology)
Shaoyu Wu; Feihuang Han; Z. Qiao; S. Yuan; Xiaohui Bian — Frontiers in bioscience 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, other

Describes NLRP3 inflammasome activation via STAT3/IL-33/ST2 in atherosclerotic foam cells, an unrelated ASS1-driven mechanism with only superficial NLRP3 overlap to the SAMHD1 syndrome's interferon-mitochondrial axis.
DOI: 10.31083/fbl47686

A bioadhesive antioxidant dual-crosslinked hydrogel mitigates endothelial pyroptosis to enhance ischemic flap survival. (from Plastic/reconstructive surgery, biomaterials engineering)
Kai Yang; Pei Zou; Yikun Ju; Shuai Zhu; Hongli Zhao — Journal of nanobiotechnology 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, other

This paper discusses NLRP3 inflammasome suppression and endothelial pyroptosis in an unrelated surgical/tissue engineering context (flap survival), not connected to SAMHD1 mechanism or interferonopathy.
DOI: 10.1186/s12951-026-04767-7

Advances in lipid nanoparticles delivering genetic medicines for solid cancers (from oncology drug delivery)
Fan Yang; Tristan A. Scott — Molecular Therapy. Nucleic Acids 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

General review of LNP delivery for solid tumor genetic medicines, oncology-focused rather than immune/myeloid cell targeting relevant to SAMHD1 correction strategies.
DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2026.102838

Teknologi Pengeditan Gen pada Anemia Sel Sabit (Sickle Cell Disease) : CRISPR-Cas9, Base Editing, dan Prime Editing (from Hematology/genetic engineering education)
N. Fadhilah; H. Hartati — Biocaster : Jurnal Kajian Biologi 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing

Reviews CRISPR/base/prime editing for sickle cell disease (HBB gene) with no connection to SAMHD1, interferon, or NLRP3 pathways, though it touches gene-editing platforms of tangential technical relevance to future SAMHD1 correction strategies.
DOI: 10.36312/biocaster.v6i1.861

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Gene Editing: A Transformative Era in Regenerative Medicine (from regenerative medicine/stem cell biology)
Sujitha Mathivanan; Balaji A; Syed Mohamed Omar S; H. Babu; Sujan S — International Journal of Drug Delivery Technology 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

General review of iPSC and gene-editing (CRISPR/base/prime editing) technology platforms with no specific connection to SAMHD1, interferonopathy, or mitochondrial-inflammasome pathways beyond generic mention of prime editors.
DOI: 10.25258/ijddt.16.5.136

Gene Editing Strategies for Neurological and Mental Disorders: Advances in Delivery, Methodology, and Clinical Translation (from Neurology/gene therapy delivery)
A. Elias; S. Stern — Cells 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

This is a broad review of CNS-focused gene editing delivery and clinical milestones with no direct connection to SAMHD1, mitochondrial-interferon pathways, or NLRP3/cGAS-STING mechanisms, though prime/base editing methodology has tangential future relevance to correcting SAMHD1 variants.
DOI: 10.3390/cells15080720

Inflammasome-Primed Neutrophils Aggravate Atherosclerosis in Cigarette Smoking. (from Cardiology/vascular biology)
Dipanjan Chattopadhyay; Nitin Nitin; Robert M. Jaggers; Baskaran Athmanathan; Kr — Circulation research 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, mito-ROS-NF-kB

Describes neutrophil-driven NLRP3/IL-1beta inflammation in atherosclerosis via S100A8/A9, tangentially touching NLRP3 biology but with no SAMHD1, interferon, or mitochondrial dNTP pathway involvement.
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.125.327714

Lipid nanoparticle-based non-viral in situ gene editing of congenital ichthyosis-causing mutations in human skin models. (from Dermatology/gene therapy)
Dilem C Apaydin; Gaurav Sadhnani; Tiffany Carlaw; Jan Renziehausen; Elena Lizuno — Cell stem cell 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

This paper describes LNP-delivered base editing for a skin-specific TGM1 splice mutation unrelated to SAMHD1 pathways, but shares generic gene-correction/LNP delivery methodology of tangential relevance to future SAMHD1 correction strategies.
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2026.01.001

A clinically relevant retrograde intraductal injection (RIDI) for lipid nanoparticles-mediated base editing in the pancreas. (from Gastroenterology/pancreatology gene therapy delivery engineering)
Deepak Sahel; Amita Tiyaboonchai; L. Wakefield; Jonas Renner; A. Jozić — Nanomedicine : nanotechnology, biology, and medicine 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

This paper describes LNP-based base editing delivery to pancreatic acinar cells via a novel injection route, which is tangential gene-editing-delivery technology but not targeted to immune/myeloid cells or SAMHD1-relevant tissue.
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2026.102933

Amplified genome editing by in vivo editor production (from genetic engineering/synthetic biology)
Wayne Ngo; Daniel Rosas-Rivera; Kevin M. Wasko; Longhui Qiu; Min Hyung Kang — bioRxiv 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

Describes a generic in vivo genome editing delivery amplification technique (NANITE) in liver, not targeting SAMHD1 or immune/myeloid cells, but tangentially relevant as a gene-therapy delivery advance.
DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.13.699115

Nanoparticle-mediated mRNA delivery for cancer, autoimmunity, and genetic diseases: a rapid review (from pharmaceutical/drug delivery science)
Ugwu Okechukwu Paul-Chima; F. C. Ogenyi; Mariam Basajja; C. N. Ugwu; M. Mustafa — Frontiers in Drug Delivery 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

General review of LNP/mRNA delivery for cancer, autoimmunity, and genetic disease with no direct connection to SAMHD1, interferon-mitochondrial mechanism, or family phenotypes beyond generic gene-therapy delivery relevance.
DOI: 10.3389/fddev.2026.1793322

Programmable lipid nanoparticles for RNA therapeutics: Design principles and clinical translation (from pharmaceutical sciences/nanomedicine)
Mahdi Navid Talemi; Marzieh Ramezani Farani; Naiyereh Alipour Eskandani; Danial * — Materials Today Bio 2026
Score:
3/10* | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

General LNP design review for RNA/gene therapeutics with no SAMHD1, interferonopathy, or mitochondrial pathway content, only tangentially relevant as a potential future delivery platform for immune/myeloid gene correction.
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2026.102774

Rewriting hepatic fate: emerging gene therapy strategies for liver disease (from Hepatology/gene therapy)
Ralf Weiskirchen — Journal of Translational Genetics and Genomics 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

General review of liver-directed gene therapy platforms (AAV, LNP, prime/base editing) with no SAMHD1, interferonopathy, or immune-cell delivery focus, only tangentially relevant via generic gene-correction technology overlap.
DOI: 10.20517/jtgg.2026.36

Optimized lipid nanoparticles for pulmonary delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 targeting KRAS G12S in lung cancer. (from Oncology/pulmonary gene therapy)
Moritz Marschhofer; Siyu Chen; Müge Molbay; Benjamin Winkeljann; Ersilia Villano — Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

This paper describes LNP-CRISPR delivery for KRAS-mutant lung cancer, a general gene-editing delivery technology unrelated to SAMHD1 mechanisms, immune cells, or interferonopathy pathways, though tangentially relevant as a gene-editing delivery platform.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2026.114607

A Rapidly Excretable, ROS-Scavenging Ionizable Lipid Decouples mRNA Delivery Potency from Toxicity (from biomedical engineering/ophthalmology (LNP drug delivery, retinal gene therapy))
Yeji Lee; H. Jeong; Eunbin Kim; Yuna Hwang; Yongjoo Byeon — bioRxiv 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, other

This paper describes a novel ionizable lipid nanoparticle for mRNA/gene editing delivery with improved safety, which is only tangentially relevant as a general delivery platform technology rather than addressing SAMHD1 mechanisms or immune cell/myeloid targeting specifically.
DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.07.716828

CRISPR-Cas9 Applications in Gene Therapy: Advances, Challenges, and Future Perspectives (from Gene therapy/biomedical engineering)
Imran khan Yousafzai; Aqsa Mehreen; Nadia Noreen; Khadija Tariq; Akram ul Haq — Advances in Modern Biomedicine 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing

General CRISPR-Cas9 review covering unrelated single-gene disorders with only generic mention of prime/base editing and delivery, lacking specific application to SAMHD1 or immune/myeloid cell correction relevant to this family's variant.
DOI: 10.64229/4r4mbv88

Application of extracellular vesicles in the CRISPR-based diagnosis and treatment: possibilities and challenges (from bioengineering/nanomedicine)
Eunhye Cho; Je-Heon Lee; Jiyu Kim; Jaewon Choi; Mikyung Kang — Journal of Biological Engineering 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

This is a general review of EV-based CRISPR delivery/diagnostics with no mention of SAMHD1, interferon-mitochondrial pathways, or myeloid/immune-specific gene correction relevant to the A565T variant.
DOI: 10.1186/s13036-026-00673-6

Engineering delivery platforms for CRISPR-Cas and their applications in healthcare, agriculture and beyond (from nanotechnology/bioengineering)
Nisha Bharti; Unnati Modi; Dhiraj Bhatia; Raghu Solanki — Nanoscale Advances 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing

General review of CRISPR/base/prime editor delivery platforms with no SAMHD1, immune cell, or myeloid-specific focus, offering only broad background relevance to future gene correction strategies.
DOI: 10.1039/d5na00535c

Abstract LB155: Durable anti-tumor immunity through in vivo CAR T cell engineering using the RetroT all-RNA genome integration platform (from oncology/cell therapy engineering)
Jian Ding; Meghan Harris; Edward Cochran; Thach Ty; Glenn Leary — Cancer Research 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

Describes an in vivo CAR T RNA-based genome integration platform for oncology unrelated to SAMHD1 mechanism, though RNA delivery tech could theoretically inform future gene correction strategies for immune cells.
DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2026-lb155

Polypeptide nanoparticles: a clinically validated, versatile delivery platform for RNA therapeutics (from pharmaceutical sciences/nanotechnology)
F. Poon; Weixiong Zhong; Weiwei Tian — Nucleic Acid Insights 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

Discusses a non-viral RNA delivery platform (PNP) broadly applicable to siRNA/mRNA therapeutics but lacks any specific connection to SAMHD1, immune cell/myeloid targeting, or the interferon-mitochondrial-NLRP3 mechanistic axis central to this disease profile.
DOI: 10.18609/nai.2026.032

Gene-based Therapies for Genetic Cardiomyopathies: Molecular Medicine for Heart Disease. (from Cardiology)
Shubham Sharma; C. Sadasivan; Yang Yan; G. Oudit — The Canadian journal of cardiology 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing

This is a general review of gene-based therapies for cardiomyopathies (AAV vectors, base/prime editing, ASOs) with no SAMHD1 relevance and no myeloid/immune cell delivery focus, only tangentially connected via generic gene-editing technology.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2026.01.055

From mechanism to medicine: CRISPR‒Cas9 delivery strategies, therapeutic applications and translation challenges (from nanotechnology/gene therapy engineering)
Shivani Makhijani; Glowi A Alasiri; M. S. Quadri; Rahul G. Ingle — Discover Nano 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing

General CRISPR delivery/therapeutic review with no SAMHD1-specific or pathway-specific content, only tangentially relevant as background for future gene correction strategies.
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-026-04653-z

Prime editing for ocular gene therapy and disease modeling: a narrative review of advances, delivery, and translational readiness. (from Ophthalmology)
Qing Zhang; Yanhui Yang; Xionggao Huang; Junkai Ma; Yajian Duan — Experimental eye research 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

Reviews prime editing technology and delivery advances generically for ocular disease but has no direct connection to SAMHD1 correction, immune/myeloid delivery, or the interferon-mitochondrial mechanism.
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2026.110891

Gene Editing Therapies Targeting Lipid Metabolism for Cardiovascular Disease: Tools, Delivery Strategies, and Clinical Progress (from Cardiology/lipid metabolism gene therapy)
Zhuoying Ren; Junsheng Zhou; Dongshan Yang; Yanhong Guo; Jifeng Zhang — Cells 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

Reviews gene editing delivery tools (AAV, LNP, VLP, base/prime editors) for liver-targeted lipid genes in cardiovascular disease, providing general technology overlap but no direct connection to SAMHD1, interferonopathy, or myeloid/immune cell editing.
DOI: 10.3390/cells15020134

Gene Editing Strategies (CRISPR) for Inherited Cardiomyopathies: Ethical, Technical and Clinical Review (from Cardiology / gene therapy bioethics)
Pavithra Amritkumar; Jayannan; Prabhavathi Devi N; K. M; P. S — International Journal of Drug Delivery Technology 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing

A general review of CRISPR/base/prime editing for cardiomyopathy genes (MYH7, MYBPC3, LMNA, PKP2) with no SAMHD1, interferon, or mitochondrial-innate-immune pathway relevance, only tangential technical overlap in editing/delivery platforms.
DOI: 10.25258/ijddt.16.10s.22

Coordinated regulation using small-molecule drugs enables controlled therapeutic genome editing and enhanced genomic precision in situ. (from Synthetic biology/genome editing engineering)
Ju Zhang; Li Chen; Xingyu Zhu; Yushan Cai; Shixian Wei — Science translational medicine 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

This paper describes a general-purpose inducible genome editing control system (PRINCE/Little Prince) applied to hypercholesterolemia and AMD, with no connection to SAMHD1, immune/myeloid targeting, or the interferon-mitochondrial pathways central to this disease profile.
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adx7857

CRISPR-Cas Systems: From Bacterial BiochemistrytoBiomedical Revolution—A Review of Mechanisms, Delivery Challenges, and Therapeutic Gene Editing (from molecular biotechnology/genome editing)
N. Bhojak; S. Nayak; S. Acharya — IFR Journal of Biochemistry and Biomedical Science 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing

General CRISPR/prime editing review with no SAMHD1, mitochondrial, or interferonopathy-specific content, only tangentially relevant as background for future gene correction strategies.
DOI: 10.70146/bbsv02i01.003

CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Gene Editing in Hematological Disorders: Advancing Translational and Clinical Applications (from Hematology/gene therapy)
Abhay Singh; Rishikesh Kumar; P. Chauhan; M. Mallikarjuna; Ravi Thaker — Cureus 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery

General narrative review of CRISPR-Cas9 in hematological disorders (hemoglobinopathies, CAR-T) with no direct SAMHD1, interferonopathy, or mitochondrial nucleotide mechanism relevance beyond generic HSC/immune cell editing platform discussion.
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.108691

CRISPR–Cas technologies in neurodegenerative disorders: mechanistic insights, therapeutic potential, and translational challenges (from neurology/gene therapy)
Raya Kh. Yashooa; A. Nabi; S. Smail; Sarkar Sardar Azeez; Wissam Albeer Nooh — Frontiers in Neurology 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

This is a general CRISPR/prime-editing review focused on neurodegenerative disorders (AD/PD/HD/ALS) with no mention of SAMHD1, interferon signaling, or mitochondrial-inflammasome pathways, though it touches broadly on gene-editing delivery challenges relevant to future SAMHD1 correction strategies.
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1737468

CRISPR–Cas Systems in Human Disease Therapy: Advances, Clinical Applications, Limitations, and Future Directions (from Gene therapy/genome engineering)
Gedion Mengistu — The Journal of Gene Medicine 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

General CRISPR/prime-editing review without mention of SAMHD1, myeloid/immune cell targeting, or any disease pathway relevant to this syndrome, offering only generic background on gene correction technology.
DOI: 10.1002/jgm.70091

Nanoengineering Systems for Gene Therapy: Mechanisms, Modalities, and Future Directions (from nanotechnology/bioengineering)
Raheem Mais; Ayush Kumar; Armand Ahmetaj; Gaby Burgos-Crespo; M. Sanchez — International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: gene-therapy-delivery, prime-editing

General review of nanomaterial delivery for CRISPR/base/prime editing without SAMHD1, immune-cell/myeloid focus, or disease-specific mechanism, offering only background relevance to future gene correction strategies.
DOI: 10.3390/ijms27135988

CRISPR-Based Therapeutics: Molecular Mechanisms of Gene-Targeted Drug Action (from Genome engineering / biotechnology)
Kaan Karakas — Next Frontier For Life Sciences and AI 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: prime-editing, gene-therapy-delivery

General review of CRISPR/base/prime editing mechanisms without specific application to SAMHD1 or immune/myeloid cell correction, offering only tangential background relevance.
DOI: 10.62802/d0cp8g33


↩ Re-run 14:21 UTC | Model: claude-sonnet-5

Summary: 16 new papers | 3 high-relevance (≥7) | 10 medium (5–6) | 3 low (3–4)

🔴 High Relevance

C107-14 Exploring How Mitochondrial Damage and Dysfunction Influences Tlr9 and Cgas-sting Pathways in Obesity and Influenza (from Pulmonology/Critical Care Medicine (ARDS, influenza))
A. Kumar; J. Silva; X. Li; D. Al Dikka; K. Epler — American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, NF-kB-NLRP3-priming, mito-ROS-NF-kB, clinical-phenotype

This paper demonstrates mtDNA release triggering competing cGAS-STING (IFN-I) versus TLR9 (inflammatory) pathways in obesity/viral infection, directly paralleling the BLUE loop mtDNA-sensing mechanism and post-viral inflammatory phenotype central to the SAMHD1 syndrome, though without any SAMHD1 or genetic component.
DOI: 10.1093/ajrccm/aamag162.233

From protector to perpetrator: The cGAS-STING pathway at the intersection of neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation. (from Neurology/Neurodegeneration)
Ghaleb A. Oriquat; A. Abdulqader; Hamrayev Farid; Z. Ashurov; Abduvali Sottarov — Brain research bulletin 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target, other

This review details the core cGAS-STING pathway (Loop A) driving sterile neuroinflammation via mitochondrial DNA release and PINK1-Parkin-mitophagy crosstalk, mechanistically relevant to the neurological/AuDHD phenotypes and interferonopathy axis in the SAMHD1 family, though it lacks direct SAMHD1 or NLRP3/dNTP linkage.
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2026.111963

Multiple Roles of G3BP1 in Regulating STING-Dependent Interferon and Cytokine Induction by Cytosolic dsDNA and HSV-1 Infection (from virology/molecular cell biology)
Trupti Devale; Praveen Manivannan; K. Malathi — Viruses 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target

Details G3BP1 as a novel regulator of cGAS-STING DNA sensing and STING trafficking, directly relevant to the BLUE loop (cGAS/STING/IFN-I) central to the disease mechanism, though it does not involve SAMHD1 directly.
DOI: 10.3390/v18070719

🟡 Medium Relevance

Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Prolyl Hydroxylase EGLN3 Stabilizes Atherosclerotic Plaques in ApoE-/- Mice Independently of Its Catalytic Activity. (from cardiovascular biology/atherosclerosis)
Jin Ying; Xu Lei; Xiong Yulian; Sun Dejiao; Liu Lanlan — Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: NLRP3, NF-kB-IKK, mito-ROS-NF-kB, treatment-target

This paper demonstrates mitochondrial ROS/mtDNA release driving NLRP3 inflammasome activation via TRAF6-NFκB crosstalk in macrophages, closely mirroring the disease's mito-ROS-NFκB and NLRP3 priming axes, though it is set in atherosclerosis rather than SAMHD1-related interferonopathy.
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.125.323765

The cGAS-STING-Glymphatic-gut Axis in Parkinson's disease: A proposed self-amplifying triad of Neuroinflammation and therapeutic opportunity. (from Neurology/Parkinson's disease and gut-brain axis research)
Ahmed M. Abdelaziz — International immunopharmacology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target, other

This paper details a cGAS-STING-driven neuroinflammatory feed-forward loop involving mtDNA DAMPs and IFN signaling, directly relevant to the interferon-mitochondrial axis in the SAMHD1 syndrome, though it addresses Parkinson's disease and gut-brain/glymphatic mechanisms rather than SAMHD1 itself.
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2026.116628

Mechanistic insights and therapeutic potential of targeting the cGAS–STING pathway in neurodegenerative diseases (from Neurology/neurodegeneration)
Huilin Liu; Chun Hu; Hongdou Liu; Ziqing Gong; Shilong Jiang — Journal of Neuroinflammation 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target, other

Provides deep mechanistic review of cGAS-STING signaling and mitochondrial DNA-stress-driven neuroinflammation relevant to the BLUE loop and AuDHD/neurologic phenotype, though not SAMHD1-specific.
DOI: 10.1186/s12974-026-03815-1

Emerging Role of the cGAS–STING Signaling Pathway in Multiple Inflammatory Skin Diseases (from Dermatology)
Shasha Zhao; H. Bai; Ying Wang; Yan Yan — Dermatologic Therapy 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

Reviews cGAS-STING pathway dysregulation driving inflammatory skin diseases and therapeutic agonist/inhibitor strategies, directly relevant to Loop A/BLUE mechanism and offering treatment insights applicable to the interferonopathy but without SAMHD1-specific data.
DOI: 10.1155/dth/3322507

Mitochondrial DNA-driven intercellular communication networks in post-infarction ventricular remodeling: the three-threshold model of cGAS-STING activation (from Cardiology (post-infarction remodeling))
Chao Meng; Xiao Xia; Yiying Liu; Jun Li; Shiyi Tao — Frontiers in Immunology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, VDAC1, treatment-target

Details mtDNA release/cGAS-STING activation as intercellular DAMP signaling driving cardiac fibrosis/inflammation, mechanistically parallel to the BLUE loop (VDAC1-mtDNA-cGAS-STING) though in a cardiac rather than SAMHD1 context.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1852079

The inflammatory clock: how cGAS-STING ticks in the aging ovary (from Reproductive endocrinology/gynecology)
Yanjing Ma; Yu Chen; Xiong Yuan; Tingyue Li; Hao Luo — Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype, other

Reviews cGAS-STING as driver of mitochondrial/DNA-damage-induced sterile inflammation, senescence and fibrosis in ovarian aging, directly relevant to the core Loop A mechanism and offers therapeutic parallels (STING inhibitors) though not linked to SAMHD1 or the family's reproductive phenotypes.
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2026.1771546

Stroke in persistent chronic kidney disease condition alters innate-immunity to escalate mitochondrial dysfunction and aging. (from Nephrology/Neurology (stroke-CKD comorbidity))
Aishika Datta; Karan Sehgal; Deepaneeta Sarmah; Smreeti Dhiman; Birva Shah — npj aging 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, other

Demonstrates cGAS-STING-driven mitochondrial dysfunction and accelerated mitochondrial aging in a CKD-stroke model, paralleling the core IFN-mitochondrial mechanism though in an unrelated disease context without SAMHD1 involvement.
DOI: 10.1038/s41514-026-00361-1

Deficient TRPM3-linked mitochondrial Ca2+ influx in natural killer cells associated with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. (from Cell biology/ion channel physiology)
C. Magawa; N. Eaton-Fitch; Katsuhiko Muraki; Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik — BMC immunology 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: ME-CFS, other

Investigates mitochondrial Ca2+ dysregulation via TRPM3 in NK cells from ME/CFS patients, directly relevant to the proband's ME/CFS phenotype and mitochondrial dysfunction theme though not through the SAMHD1/interferon-NLRP3 mechanism.
DOI: 10.1186/s12865-026-00849-1

Mitochondrial STING Governs Glycolytic Reprogramming in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy. (from Cardiology/metabolic disease)
Shiwu Zhang; Dechao Zhao; Mengyi Wang; Xiaorong Shen; Fan Yang — Circulation research 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target, other

Demonstrates mitochondrial cGAS-STING activation via mtDNA leakage driving metabolic/mitochondrial dysfunction in cardiomyopathy, mechanistically parallel to the BLUE loop and relevant to cardiac phenotype in this interferonopathy family though not disease-specific.
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.125.327867

Context-dependent rewiring of the cGAS-STING pathway in cancer: Implications for immunotherapy and therapeutic resistance. (from Oncology/tumor immunology)
S. Majaz; Ashfaq Ahmad; Dongsheng Liu; A. Ud-Din; Ikramullah Khan — Critical reviews in oncology/hematology 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target

Reviews cGAS-STING pathway biology and therapeutic modulation relevant to the BLUE/Loop A axis but focused on cancer immunotherapy context rather than SAMHD1-driven interferonopathy or mitochondrial dysfunction.
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2026.105368

🟢 Low Relevance

Fatty Acid Synthase associates with nuclear-derived cytoplasmic dsRNA molecules and influences antiviral innate immune response (from molecular virology/lipid metabolism)
Charline Pasquier; Mélanie Messmer; Lise Moroge; Lisanne I Knol; Johana Chicher — bioRxiv 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, other

Explores FASN-mediated regulation of endogenous cytoplasmic dsRNA and ISG/IFN response near mitochondria, tangentially related to the interferon-mitochondrial axis but not involving SAMHD1, cGAS-STING core mechanism, or NLRP3 directly.
DOI: 10.1101/2025.07.16.662511

Potentiated Tumor Photo-immunotherapy Based on Glutamine Starvation and Interferon Stimulatory DNA-Activated cGAS-STING Pathway. (from Oncology/nanomedicine (photo-immunotherapy))
Jinwen Zhu; Zhenzhen Guo; Renpeng Xia; Peng Miao — ACS medicinal chemistry letters 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, treatment-target

This paper uses cGAS-STING activation (via exogenous ISD, not SAMHD1-driven mtDNA leakage) purely as a tumor immunotherapy strategy, sharing pathway terminology but no mechanistic or clinical link to SAMHD1 haploinsufficiency or the family phenotype.
DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6c00074

Implementing Photodynamic Therapy to Activate the IFN-1 Pathway in Melanoma Cells: A Protocol for Inducing Immunogenic Cell Death and Enhancing Dendritic Cell Maturation. (from Oncology/Photodynamic therapy immunotherapy)
Fátima María Mentucci; Agustina Ercole; N. B. Rumie Vittar; M. Lamberti — Methods in molecular biology 2026
Score: 3/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, other

Describes PDT-induced cGAS/IFN-1/ISG activation in melanoma as an immunotherapy tool, sharing pathway components but unrelated to SAMHD1 mechanism or family phenotype context.
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-4734-9_9

SAMHD1 Research Digest — 2026-07-05

Generated by samhd1_monitor | Model: claude-sonnet-4-6

Summary: 8 papers evaluated | 4 high-relevance (≥7) | 3 medium (5–6) | 1 low (3–4) | 0 scored <3


🔴 High Relevance (Score 7–10)

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Early brain-penetrant immunotherapy reverses interferon signature and improves motor outcome in a case of ADAR1-related Aicardi-Goutières syndrome. (from Pediatric Neurology / Neuroimmunology)
Dale Russell C; Hayes Jessica; Han Velda X; Dissanayake Ruwani; Lau Xianzhong — 2026
Score: 8/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, JAK-STAT, ISG15-mitophagy, AGS-spectrum, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

This paper directly demonstrates reversal of the type I interferon signature (including downregulation of CGAS, SAMHD1, ISG15, and JAK1) by ruxolitinib + dexamethasone in an AGS interferonopathy, with single-cell RNA-seq validating the same core molecular players central to the SAMHD1 A565T disease mechanism, and provides a clinically actionable brain-penetrant JAK-inhibitor treatment precedent directly applicable to the interferon-driven neurodevelopmental and ME/CFS phenotypes in this family.
DOI: 10.1002/cti2.70113

JAK Inhibition in <i>PNPT1</i>-Related Mitochondrial Interferonopathy: A Case Report and Review of Mitochondrial-Immune Crosstalk. (from Pediatric neurology / mitochondrial medicine)
Brooks Dan Ross; Koh Hyun Yong; Kerrins Taylor Martin; Lang Steven; Bland Emily — 2026
Score: 8/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, JAK-STAT, AGS-spectrum, POLG-mtDNA, ISG15-mitophagy, treatment-target, clinical-phenotype

This case report directly demonstrates JAK inhibitor (tofacitinib) efficacy in a mitochondrial interferonopathy caused by mt-dsRNA cytosolic leakage activating IFN-I signaling—mechanistically parallel to the SAMHD1 A565T pathway where VDAC1 macropore releases mtDNA to activate cGAS-STING-IRF3-IFN-I-JAK-STAT, and provides clinical proof-of-concept that JAK inhibition can normalize IFN signature and downstream pathology (dystonia, lactate, transaminases) in mitochondrial-immune crosstalk syndromes including AGS-spectrum disease.
DOI: 10.1002/jmd2.70096

Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome: Insights from a Middle Eastern Case Series. (from Pediatric Neurology / Neuroradiology)
Alwalid Osamah; Al Subhi Marwa; Al Serhan Ala Aldeen; Abdulwahhab Saja B; Samran — 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: AGS-spectrum, dNTPase, cGAS-STING, clinical-phenotype, JAK-STAT

This case series directly characterizes SAMHD1-associated AGS in a clinical cohort, including two siblings with a homozygous SAMHD1 variant presenting with chronic arthritis but no neurological disease—a phenotype highly relevant to understanding the genotype-phenotype spectrum of SAMHD1 variants and validating the arthritis/interferonopathy axis central to the family phenotype described.
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a9239

SLC30A9-mediated mitochondrial zinc homeostasis drives osteosarcoma chemoresistance by suppressing the mtDNA-cGAS-STING pathway. (from Oncology (osteosarcoma/cancer biology))
Li Hongyu; Yang Biao; Liu Yinliang; Yang Wen; Yu Haoye — 2026
Score: 7/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, VDAC1, POLG-mtDNA, treatment-target, other

This paper mechanistically demonstrates that mitochondrial dysfunction → mtDNA cytosolic release via mPTP opening → cGAS-STING activation, directly paralleling the BLUE stream (VDAC1/mtDNA/cGAS-STING axis) central to SAMHD1 haploinsufficiency pathology, and introduces a novel upstream regulator (mitochondrial zinc homeostasis via SLC30A9) of this pathway with therapeutic implications, though the context is osteosarcoma chemoresistance rather than interferonopathy.
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2026.124555

🟡 Medium Relevance (Score 5–6)

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Myeloid STING restrains cardiac remodeling by suppressing macrophage amyloid precursor protein (from Cardiology)
Natarajan Niranjana; Johny Ebin; Sriram Varsha; Hara Mika; Antwi Praise Ama — 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, VDAC1, POLG-mtDNA, other

This paper directly demonstrates mtDNA release activating cGAS-STING in cardiac macrophages and reveals a cardioprotective STING-MZF1-APP axis, which is mechanistically adjacent to the BLUE stream (VDAC1→mtDNA→cGAS→STING→IRF3) and relevant to the cardiology phenotype dimension of the disease profile, though the STING function here is tissue-protective rather than interferonopathic and SAMHD1 is not mentioned.
DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.01.735895

Daphnetin alleviates influenza pneumonia by enhancing chaperone-mediated autophagy of KEAP1 through Heat shock cognate 71 kDa protein. (from Pulmonology / natural product pharmacology)
Wang Jian; Liu Huan; Pan Xuanhao; Liu Tianyu; Li Qianyuan — 2026
Score: 6/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, POLG-mtDNA, mTOR-lysosomal, treatment-target, ME-CFS, other

This paper directly demonstrates that mtDNA leakage activates cGAS-STING inflammation in macrophages during viral pneumonia, and describes a therapeutic axis (HSC70-CMA-NRF2) that mitigates mitochondrial oxidative stress and mtDNA escape—mechanistically adjacent to the BLUE and RED streams of the SAMHD1 interferonopathy model—with potential relevance to the post-viral (ME/CFS) and cGAS-STING-driven IFN-I amplification loops, though SAMHD1, VDAC1, NLRP3, ISG15, or dNTP biology are not addressed.
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2026.158517

Gut Microbiota-Derived TMAO Drives MC3T3-E1 Senescence and Osteogenic Dysfunction via cGAS-STING-NF-κB Signaling: Implications for Age-Related Bone Loss. (from Bone biology / osteoporosis / geriatrics)
Li Lingling; Li Xinsai; Jin Mingming; Zhang Yangyang; Bai Jia — 2026
Score: 5/10 | Pathways: cGAS-STING, VDAC1, POLG-mtDNA, other

This paper demonstrates that mtDNA cytosolic escape activates cGAS-STING-NF-κB to drive cellular senescence, directly implicating the BLUE-stream mechanism central to SAMHD1 haploinsufficiency pathology, but in an osteoblast/bone-loss context with no connection to SAMHD1, interferonopathy, or the family's specific phenotypes.
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-026-01567-x

🟢 Low Relevance (Score 3–4)

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The mitochondrial protease, LonP1, is a potential cardioprotective target for attenuating doxorubicin-induced cardiomyocyte death. (from Cardiology/Oncology)
O'Dwyer Kienan P; Bauer Perry E; Dziadowicz Sebastian A; Pal Subhankhi; Eminhize — 2026
Score: 4/10 | Pathways: POLG-mtDNA, cGAS-STING, VDAC1, clinical-phenotype, other

This paper addresses mtDNA release from damaged mitochondria activating inflammatory and apoptotic signaling (relevant to the BLUE/PURPLE streams via cytosolic mtDNA → cGAS-STING and VDAC1 macropore concepts), but the context is doxorubicin cardiotoxicity and LonP1 protease biology rather than SAMHD1 haploinsufficiency, interferonopathy, or any core family pathway, making the connection tangential despite mechanistic overlap in mtDNA leakage.
DOI: 10.1186/s12967-026-08537-9


Pathway Coverage This Week

  • cGAS-STING: 8 papers
  • POLG-mtDNA: 6 papers
  • other: 5 papers
  • treatment-target: 4 papers
  • clinical-phenotype: 4 papers
  • VDAC1: 4 papers
  • JAK-STAT: 3 papers
  • AGS-spectrum: 3 papers
  • ISG15-mitophagy: 2 papers
  • dNTPase: 1 papers
  • mTOR-lysosomal: 1 papers
  • ME-CFS: 1 papers