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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-8-7
pubmed:abstractText
IFN-alphabeta is a potent immunoregulatory cytokine involved in the defense against viral and bacterial infections. In this study, we describe an as yet undefined IFN-alphabeta-dependent pathway of IFN-gamma induction in mice. This pathway is based on a synergism of IFN-alphabeta and IL-18, and is independent of IL-12 signaling yet dependent on STAT4. In contradiction to current dogma, we show further that IFN-alphabeta alone induces tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT4 in murine splenocytes of different mouse strains. This pathway participates in the induction of IFN-gamma by Gram-negative bacteria and is therefore expected to play a role whenever IFN-alpha or IFN-beta and IL-18 are produced concomitantly during bacterial, viral, or other infections.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
169
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1665-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12165484-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12165484-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12165484-Gram-Negative Bacteria, pubmed-meshheading:12165484-Interferon-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:12165484-Interferon-beta, pubmed-meshheading:12165484-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:12165484-Interleukin-12, pubmed-meshheading:12165484-Interleukin-18, pubmed-meshheading:12165484-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12165484-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:12165484-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:12165484-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:12165484-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:12165484-STAT4 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:12165484-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:12165484-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:12165484-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:12165484-Tyrosine
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Cutting edge: a murine, IL-12-independent pathway of IFN-gamma induction by gram-negative bacteria based on STAT4 activation by Type I IFN and IL-18 signaling.
pubmed:affiliation
Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Freiburg, Germany. freudenberg@immunbio.mpg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't