Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42343382›Full record

ArticleJournal of neuroinflammation2026

IRF7 deficiency in myeloid cells results in increased disease severity and death during alphavirus encephalomyelitis despite intact expression of type I interferons.

Benjamin H Nguyen, Elise Stanley, Wanmin Dai, Elizabeth M Troisi, Diane E Griffin

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Article in Journal of neuroinflammation, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Benjamin H NguyenW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, MD, 21205, Baltimore, USA. bhnguyen@jhmi.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8603-4046
Elise StanleyW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, MD, 21205, Baltimore, USA.
Wanmin DaiW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, MD, 21205, Baltimore, USA.
Elizabeth M TroisiW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, MD, 21205, Baltimore, USA.
Diane E GriffinW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, MD, 21205, Baltimore, USA.

Funding

Training: Molecular & Cellular Bases of Infectious DiseasesT32AI007417 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Arturo Casadevall · 1994 to 2026
$11.9M
CONTROL OF ALPHAVIRUS REPLICATION IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEMR01NS038932 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GRIFFIN, DIANE E · 2001 to 2016
$4.9M
Role of CD4 T cells in fatal alphavisus encephalomyelitisR01NS087539 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GRIFFIN, DIANE E · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
Role of the nsP3 macrodomain in alphavirus virulenceR56AI137264 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GRIFFIN, DIANE E, LEUNG, ANTHONY K L · 2019 to 2019
$818k
NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI137264NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007417NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS038932NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS087539
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alphaviruses are arthropod-borne pathogens that cause immune-mediated encephalomyelitis. The prototypic alphavirus, Sindbis virus (SINV), primarily infects neurons in mice, resulting in neurologic disease involving both the brain and spinal cord. Interferon (IFN) regulatory factor (IRF) 7-deficient mice (Irf7

Indexed as

Alphavirus InfectionsEncephalomyelitisInterferon Regulatory Factor-7Interferon Type IMyeloid CellsAnimalsInterferon-alphaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutSeverity of Illness IndexSindbis VirusInterferon-alphaInterferon Regulatory Factor-7Interferon Type IIrf7 protein, mouseCNSInterferonIRF7MonocyteSindbis

Identifiers

PMID42343382
PMCPMC13625333

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