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Genetic associations in type I interferon related pathways with autoimmunity.
Arthritis research & therapy - 1 Jan 2010
Delgado-Vega Angélica M, Alarcón-Riquelme Marta E, Kozyrev Sergey V
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Type I interferons play an outstanding role in innate and adaptive immunity by enhancing functions of dendritic cells, inducing differentiation of monocytes, promoting immunoglobulin class switching in B cells and stimulating effector functions of T cells. The increased production of IFNα/β by plasmacytoid dendritic cells could be responsible for not only efficient antiviral defence, but it also may be a...
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