Publication Date:
2003-04-19
Description:
Rapid induction of type I interferon expression, a central event in establishing the innate antiviral response, requires cooperative activation of numerous transcription factors. Although signaling pathways that activate the transcription factors nuclear factor kappaB and ATF-2/c-Jun have been well characterized, activation of the interferon regulatory factors IRF-3 and IRF-7 has remained a critical missing link in understanding interferon signaling. We report here that the IkappaB kinase (IKK)-related kinases IKKepsilon and TANK-binding kinase 1 are components of the virus-activated kinase that phosphorylate IRF-3 and IRF-7. These studies illustrate an essential role for an IKK-related kinase pathway in triggering the host antiviral response to viral infection.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sharma, Sonia -- tenOever, Benjamin R -- Grandvaux, Nathalie -- Zhou, Guo-Ping -- Lin, Rongtuan -- Hiscott, John -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 May 16;300(5622):1148-51. Epub 2003 Apr 17.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research-Jewish General Hospital, Departments of Microbiology and Immunology and Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E2, Canada.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12702806" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Cell Line
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DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
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Enzyme Activation
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Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
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Hepacivirus/immunology/*physiology
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Humans
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I-kappa B Kinase
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Interferon Regulatory Factor-3
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Interferon Regulatory Factor-7
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Interferon Type I/*biosynthesis/genetics
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Phosphorylation
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Promoter Regions, Genetic
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Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism
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RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism
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Transcription Factors/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
,
Medicine
,
Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
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