Molecular characterisation of ILRUN, a novel inhibitor of proinflammatory and antimicrobial cytokines.

ABSTRACT: Regulation of type-I interferon (IFN) production is essential to the balance between antimicrobial defence and autoimmune disorders. The human protein-coding gene ILRUN (inflammation and lipid regulator with UBA-like and NBR1-like domains, previously C6orf106) was recently characterised as an inhibitor of antiviral and proinflammatory cytokine (interferon-alpha/beta and tumor necrosis factor alpha) transcription. Currently there is a paucity of information about the molecular characteristics of ILRUN, despite it being associated with several diseases including virus infection, coronary artery disease, obesity and cancer. Here, we characterise ILRUN as a highly phylogenetically conserved protein containing UBA-like and a NBR1-like domains that are both essential for inhibition of type-I int

SUBMITTER: Ambrose RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7270589 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature