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Interferon regulatory factor 5-dependent immune responses in the draining lymph node protect against West Nile virus infection.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 2014
Thackray Larissa B, Shrestha Bimmi, Richner Justin M, Miner Jonathan J, Pinto Amelia K, Lazear Helen M, Gale Michael, Diamond Michael S
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Upon activation of Toll-like and RIG-I-like receptor signaling pathways, the transcription factor IRF5 translocates to the nucleus and induces antiviral immune programs. The recent discovery of a homozygous mutation in the immunoregulatory gene guanine exchange factor dedicator of cytokinesis 2 (Dock2mu/mu) in several Irf5-/- mouse colonies has complicated interpretation of immune functions previously...
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