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A Balancing Act: MDA5 in Antiviral Immunity and Autoinflammation.
Trends in microbiology - 1 Jan 2019
Dias Junior Antonio Gregorio, Sampaio Natalia G, Rehwinkel Jan
Abstract excerpt
Induction of interferons during viral infection is mediated by cellular proteins that recognise viral nucleic acids. MDA5 is one such sensor of virus presence and is activated by RNA. MDA5 is required for immunity against several classes of viruses, including picornaviruses. Recent work showed that mutations in the IFIH1 gene, encoding MDA5, lead to interferon-driven autoinflammatory diseases. Together with...
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