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ArticlemBio2020

The TLR3/IRF1/Type III IFN Axis Facilitates Antiviral Responses against Enterovirus Infections in the Intestine.

Rui Su, Muhammad Adnan Shereen, Xiaofeng Zeng, Yicong Liang, Wen Li, Zhihui Ruan, Yongkui Li, Weiyong Liu, Yingle Liu, Kailang Wu and 2 more

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Article in mBio, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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37citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rui Su *State Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Muhammad Adnan Shereen *State Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Xiaofeng Zeng *School of Forensic Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Yicong LiangGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Wen LiState Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Zhihui RuanGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Yongkui LiGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Weiyong LiuState Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Yingle LiuState Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Kailang WuState Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Zhen LuoGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China zhluo18@jnu.edu.cn jwu@whu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-1142-2845
Jianguo WuState Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China zhluo18@jnu.edu.cn jwu@whu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-8326-2895
Jinan University · CNWuhan University · CNKunming Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enteroviruses infect gastrointestinal epithelium cells, cause multiple human diseases, and present public health risks worldwide. However, the mechanisms underlying host immune responses in intestinal mucosa against the early enterovirus infections remain elusive. Here, we showed that human enteroviruses including enterovirus 71 (EV71), coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3), and poliovirus 1 (PV1) predominantly induce type III interferons (IFN-λ1 and IFN-λ2/3), rather than type I interferons (IFN-α and IFN-β), in cultured human normal and cancerous intestine epithelial cells (IECs), mouse intestine tissues, and human clinical intestine specimens. Mechanistic studies demonstrated that IFN-λ production is induced upon enterovirus infection through the Toll-like receptor 3/interferon regulatory factor 1 (TLR3/IRF1) signaling pathway in IECs. In turn, the supplementation of IFN-λ subsequently induces intrinsically antiviral responses against enterovirus replication. Notably, intraperitoneal injection in neonatal C57BL/6J mice with mouse recombinant IFN-λ2 protein represses EV71 replication and protects mice from viral lethal effects. Altogether, these results revealed a distinct mechanism by which the host elicited immune responses against enterovirus infections in intestine through activating the TLR3/IRF1/type III IFN axis. The new findings would provide an antiviral strategy for the prevention and treatment of enterovirus infections and associated diseases.

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateAnimalsEnterovirusEnterovirus InfectionsFemaleHumansInterferon LambdaInterferon Regulatory Factor-1InterferonsIntestinesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSignal TransductionToll-Like Receptor 3Virus ReplicationInterferon LambdaInterferon Regulatory Factor-1InterferonsIrf1 protein, mouseTLR3 protein, mouseToll-Like Receptor 3coxsackievirus B3enterovirusenterovirus 71enterovirus infectioninterferon regulatory factor 1interferon-stimulated genesintestineintestine epithelial cellsneonatal C57BL/6J micepoliovirus 1Toll-like receptor 3type III interferons

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PMID33203755
PMCPMC7683398
OpenAlexW3099068946

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