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Constitutive Type I Interferon Modulates Homeostatic Balance through Tonic Signaling

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Gough, Daniel J., Messina, Nicole L., Clarke, Christopher J.P., Johnstone, Ricky W., Levy, David E.·2012·Immunity

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Interferons (IFNs) were discovered nearly 60 years ago as a family of cytokines induced during and protecting from viral infection. They have been documented to play essential roles in numerous physiological processes beyond innate antiviral defense, including immunomodulation, regulation of the cell cycle, cell survival and differentiation, and the host response to microbial pathogens. Recent data have also uncovered a potentially darker side to the functions of IFN, including roles in autoimmunity and diabetes. Many IFN effects occur in the absence of acute viral infection, highlighting a physiologic role for constitutively produced IFN. Type I IFNs are constitutively produced at vanishingly low quantities and yet exert profound effects, mediated at least in part through modulation of signaling intermediates required for diverse cytokine response pathways. We review evidence for a yin-yang of IFN function through its role in modulating crosstalk between multiple cytokines by both feed-forward and feed-back regulation of common signaling intermediates and postulate that a similar mechanism underlies a homeostatic role for IFN through tonic signaling in the absence of acute infection.

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Authors
Gough, D. J., Messina, N. L., Clarke, C. J. P., Johnstone, R. W., & Levy, D. E.
Venue
Immunity
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-02
Volume
36
Issue
2
Pages
166-174
ISSN
1074-7613 (ISSN-L)
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W2065794552
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470
References
7
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11.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Gough, D. J., Messina, N. L., Clarke, C. J. P., Johnstone, R. W., & Levy, D. E. (2012). Constitutive Type I Interferon Modulates Homeostatic Balance through Tonic Signaling. Immunity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2012.01.011

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