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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Carow B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3143647 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of biological chemistry 20110527 30
Protection against infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis demands IFN-γ. SOCS1 has been shown to inhibit responses to IFN-γ and might thereby play a central role in the outcome of infection. We found that M. tuberculosis is a highly efficient stimulator of SOCS1 expression in murine and human macrophages and in tissues from infected mice. Surprisingly, SOCS1 reduced responses to IL-12, resulting in an impaired IFN-γ secretion by macrophages that in turn accounted for a deteriorated intracellu ...[more]