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[Cellular responses by cytokines--gene regulation in the IFN system]
1Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Osaka University.
Abstract:
Interferon (IFNs), as a class of antiviral cytokines, are also known as "negative growth regulators," they inhibit the growth of a variety of normal and malignant cells. Normally, Type I IFNs (i.e. IFN-alpha, -beta) are not induced, but viruses and a number of other cytokines transiently activate the IFN genes. In order to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of cellular responses by viruses and cytokines, we have identified two nuclear factors, IRF-1 and IRF-2, both bind to the regulatory cis-elements of IFN and IFN-responsive genes. The genes encoding IRF-1 and IRF-2, have been cloned and extensively characterized. The IRF cDNA expression studies in factor-negative cells have revealed IRF-1 and IRF-2 to function as transcriptional activator and repressor, respectively. In normal cells, the IRF genes are subject to induction through stimuli such as viruses and cytokines including IFNs per se. The findings provide evidence for the presence of an elaborate network of cytokines system wherein the IRFs play a crucial role for the cytokine-mediated cellular responses.
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