Fig. 6From: Dengue virus pathogenesis and host molecular machineriesDENV and host post-translational regulation: A DENV NS3 interacts with TRIM69, induced as an Interferon Stimulated Gene (ISG), activating the ubiquitination pathway to restrict DENV replication [48]. B Conversely, ubiquitination of NS3 prevents the formation of the protease complex (NS2B3), inhibiting the cleavage of Interferon response-related genes, namely cGAS and STING. This results in an elevated host interferon response, targeting DENV replication [104, 105]. C Glycosylation of DENV proteins aids attachment to host surface receptors and various complementary proteins, contributing to immune evasion and viral propagation [49,50,51,52]. D DENV NS5 interacts with STAT2, preventing its phosphorylation and targeting it for proteasomal degradation [53, 106]Back to article page