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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Sun L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5679162 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of experimental medicine 20171002 11
Transcriptional regulation of numerous interferon-regulated genes, including <i>Toll-like receptor 3</i> (<i>Tlr3</i>), which encodes an innate immune sensor of viral double-stranded RNA, depends on the interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF1) and IRF2 transcription factors. We detected specific abrogation of macrophage responses to polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly(I:C)) resulting from three independent <i>N</i>-ethyl-<i>N</i>-nitrosourea-induced mutations in <i>host cell factor C2</i> (<i>Hcf ...[more]