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ArticleScience advances2024

IRF3 inhibits inflammatory signaling pathways in macrophages to prevent viral pathogenesis.

Sukanya Chakravarty, Merina Varghese, Shumin Fan, Roger Travis Taylor, Ritu Chakravarti, Saurabh Chattopadhyay

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Article in Science advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Sukanya ChakravartyDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Science, Toledo, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4351-0329
Merina VargheseDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Science, Toledo, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7162-9883
Shumin FanDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Science, Toledo, OH, USA.
Roger Travis TaylorDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Science, Toledo, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3819-8548
Ritu ChakravartiDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Science, Toledo, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4680-8374
Saurabh ChattopadhyayDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Science, Toledo, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2930-1523

Funding

Transcriptional and non-transcriptional functions of IRF3 in ALDR01AA027456 · NIAAA · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI LAURA E. NAGY · 2019 to 2026
$3.5M
Anti-inflammatory functions for non-transcriptional IRF3R01AI155545 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO HEALTH SCI CAMPUS · PI Saurabh Chattopadhyay · 2021 to 2026
$2.2M
Understanding the proviral role for TRAF6 interaction with the viral protease in flavivirus replication and pathogenesisR01AI153496 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO HEALTH SCI CAMPUS · PI TAYLOR, ROGER TRAVIS · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
Novel antiviral mechanisms of the interferon systemR01AI165521 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO HEALTH SCI CAMPUS · PI Saurabh Chattopadhyay · 2022 to 2026
$1.7M
Determining role of 14-3-3zeta in IL-17A signalingR01AI184880 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO HEALTH SCI CAMPUS · PI CHAKRAVARTI, RITU · 2024 to 2025
$1.6M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA027456NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI153496NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI155545NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI165521NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI184880
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viral inflammation contributes to pathogenesis and mortality during respiratory virus infections. IRF3, a critical component of innate antiviral immune responses, interacts with pro-inflammatory transcription factor NF-κB, and inhibits its activity. This mechanism helps suppress inflammatory gene expression in virus-infected cells and mice. We evaluated the cells responsible for IRF3-mediated suppression of viral inflammation using newly engineered conditional

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InflammationInterferon Regulatory Factor-3MacrophagesMice, KnockoutSignal TransductionAnimalsLungMiceNF-kappa BInterferon Regulatory Factor-3Irf3 protein, mouseNF-kappa B

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PMID39121222
PMCPMC11313863

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