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Heat shock factor 1 protects mice from rapid death during Listeria monocytogenes infection by regulating expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha during fever.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jan 2011
Murapa Patience, Ward Martin R, Gandhapudi Siva K, Woodward Jerold G, D'Orazio Sarah E F
Abstract excerpt
Heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) is a stress-induced transcription factor that promotes expression of genes that protect mammalian cells from the lethal effects of severely elevated temperatures (>42°C). However, we recently showed that HSF1 is activated at a lower temperature (39.5°C) in T cells, sugg...
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