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c-Jun N-terminal kinase negatively regulates dsRNA and RSV induction of tumor necrosis factor- alpha transcription in human epithelial cells.
Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research - 1 Aug 2006
Stewart Michael J, Kulkarni Sandhya B, Meusel Tiffany R, Imani Farhad
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Secretion of inflammatory cytokines is the initial step of the immune response to viral infections. This innate immune response is mediated by the expression of a variety of cytokines, exemplified by tumor necrosis factor- alpha (TNF-alpha). The presence of dsRNA during viral infections is a key step in activation of several signaling pathways, including protein kinase R (PKR), toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3),...
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