The Multiple Roles of Interferon Regulatory Factor family in Health and Disease
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Interferon Regulatory Factors (IRFs), a family of transcription factors, profoundly influence the immune system, impacting both physiological and pathological processes. This review explores the diverse functions of nine mammalian IRF members, each featuring conserved domains essential for interactions with other transcription factors and cofactors. These interactions allow IRFs to modulate a broad spectrum of physiological processes, encompassing host defense, immune response, and cell development. Conversely, their pivotal role in immune regulation implicates them in the pathophysiology of various diseases, such as infectious diseases, autoimmune disorders, metabolic diseases, and cancers. In this context, IRFs display a dichotomous nature, functioning as both tumor suppressors and promoters, contingent upon the specific disease milieu. Post-translational modifications of IRFs, including phosphorylation and ubiquitination, play a crucial role in modulating their function, stability, and activation. As prospective biomarkers and therapeutic targets, IRFs present promising opportunities for disease intervention. Further research is needed to elucidate the precise mechanisms governing IRF regulation, potentially pioneering innovative therapeutic strategies, particularly in cancer treatment, where the equilibrium of IRF activities is of paramount importance.
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The transcription factor hematopoiesis associated factor 1 complex (HAF1) forms dimeric or trimeric configurations with PU.1, IRF1, and IRF8.
“The transcription factor hematopoiesis associated factor 1 complex (HAF1) is known to form dimeric or trimeric configurations with the transcription factors, PU.1, IRF1, and IRF8 [61, 62].”
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Kim, B., Wang, S. S., Kim, J. R., & Kim, J. (2026) · BioEssays · doi:10.1002/bies.70186
“The transcription factor hematopoiesis associated factor 1 complex (HAF1) is known to form dimeric or trimeric configurations with the transcription factors, PU.1, IRF1, and IRF8 [61, 62].”
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- interferon regulatory factors, transcription factors, immune regulation, host defense, autoimmune disease, infectious diseases, metabolic disorders, cancer, post-translational modification, phosphorylation, ubiquitination, biomarkers, therapeutic target
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- Animals, Autoimmune Diseases, Humans, Neoplasms, Phosphorylation, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Interferon Regulatory Factors, Ubiquitination
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
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