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Cell-specific IRF-3 responses protect against West Nile virus infection by interferon-dependent and -independent mechanisms.
PLoS pathogens - 27 Jul 2007
Daffis Stephane, Samuel Melanie A, Keller Brian C, Gale Michael, Diamond Michael S
Abstract excerpt
Interferon regulatory factor (IRF)-3 is a master transcription factor that activates host antiviral defense programs. Although cell culture studies suggest that IRF-3 promotes antiviral control by inducing interferon (IFN)-beta, near normal levels of IFN-alpha and IFN-beta were observed in IRF-3(-/-) mice after infection by several RNA and DNA viruses. Thus, the specific mechanisms by which IRF-3 modulates viral...
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