Regulation of the type I IFN induction: A current view

International Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1367-1378

  Honda, Kenya ^a   Yanai, Hideyuki ^a   Takaoka, Akinori ^a   Taniguchi, Tadatsugu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiviral immunity; Host defense; Interferon; IRF; Plasmacytoid dendritic cell; Toll like receptor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; INTERFERON; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERFERON-BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 27744526416     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxh318     Document Type: Review

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