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MeSH Heading: STING Protein
Tree Number(s): D12.776.543.860
Unique ID: D000099197
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000099197
Scope Note: A membrane protein that functions in INNATE IMMUNITY and INFLAMMATION through the CGAS-STING SIGNALING PATHWAY. It acts as a sensor of cytosolic DNA from bacteria and viruses and promotes the production of INTERFERON TYPE I.
Entry Term(s): Stimulator of Interferon Genes Protein; Sting1 Protein; TMEM173 Protein; Transmembrane Protein 173
Previous Indexing: Membrane Proteins (2008-2025)
Public MeSH Note: 2026
History Note: 2026
Date Introduced: 2026/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M000768906
Scope Note: A membrane protein that functions in INNATE IMMUNITY and INFLAMMATION through the CGAS-STING SIGNALING PATHWAY. It acts as a sensor of cytosolic DNA from bacteria and viruses and promotes the production of INTERFERON TYPE I.
Terms: STING Protein Preferred Term
Term UI T001147890
Date04/04/2025
LexicalTag ACX
ThesaurusID NLM (2026); Stimulator of Interferon Genes Protein
Term UI T001147891
Date04/04/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2026); Sting1 Protein
Term UI T001147889
Date04/04/2025
LexicalTag ACX
ThesaurusID NLM (2026); TMEM173 Protein
Term UI T001147892
Date04/04/2025
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2026); Transmembrane Protein 173
Term UI T001147893
Date04/04/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2026)

STING Protein MeSH Descriptor Data 2026