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Interferon regulatory factor 8 regulates pathways for antigen presentation in myeloid cells and during tuberculosis.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jun 2011
Marquis Jean-François, Kapoustina Oxana, Langlais David, Ruddy Rebecca, Dufour Catherine Rosa, Kim Bae-Hoon, MacMicking John D, Giguère Vincent, Gros Philippe
Abstract excerpt
IRF8 (Interferon Regulatory Factor 8) plays an important role in defenses against intracellular pathogens, including several aspects of myeloid cells function. It is required for ontogeny and maturation of macrophages and dendritic cells, for activation of anti-microbial defenses, and for production of the Th1-polarizing cytokine interleukin-12 (IL-12) in response to interferon gamma (IFNγ) and protection against...
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