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Functional role of type I and type II interferons in antiviral defense.

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Comparison of mice lacking either type I or type II IFN receptors showed that, at least in response to some viruses, both IFN systems are essential for antiviral defense and are functionally nonredundant.
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Mice lacking the known subunit of the type I interferon (IFN) receptor were completely unresponsive to type I IFNs, suggesting that this receptor chain is essential for type I IFN-mediated signal transduction. These mice showed no overt anomalies but were unable to cope with viral infections, despite otherwise normal immune responses. Comparison of mice lacking either type I or type II IFN receptors showed that, at least in response to some viruses, both IFN systems are essential for antiviral defense and are functionally nonredundant.

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The GRIP1:IRF3 interaction as a target for glucocorticoid receptor-mediated immunosuppression

TL;DR: GRIP1 plays a cofactor role in innate immunity and is identified as a novel target for glucocorticoid immunosuppression, as well as a specific disruption of TLR3–IRF3 pathway, not of autocrine IFN signaling.
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Dengue Virus Infects Macrophages and Dendritic Cells in a Mouse Model of Infection

TL;DR: It is found that the initial cellular tropism of DENV in mice is similar to that reported in humans, thereby paving the way for investigation of cellular Tropism and pathogenesis ofDENV in primary and secondary infections.
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B cell maintenance of subcapsular sinus macrophages protects against a fatal viral infection independent of adaptive immunity

TL;DR: Although B cells are essential for survival during VSV infection, their contribution involves the provision of innate differentiation and maintenance signals to macrophages, rather than adaptive immune mechanisms.
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Key role of T cell defects in age-related vulnerability to West Nile virus.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that death correlates with increased viral titers in the brain and that this loss of virus control with age was the result of defects in the CD4 and CD8 T cell response against WNV, identifying potential targets for immunomodulation and treatment to combat lethal WNV infection in the elderly.
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Various rat adult tissues express only one major mRNA species from the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate-dehydrogenase multigenic family

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Disruption of the proto-oncogene int-2 in mouse embryo-derived stem cells: a general strategy for targeting mutations to non-selectable genes

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Immune response in mice that lack the interferon-gamma receptor.

TL;DR: Mutant mice offer the possibility for the further elucidation of IFN-gamma-mediated functions by transgenic cell- or tissue-specific reconstitution of a functional receptor.
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Regulated expression of a gene encoding a nuclear factor, IRF-1, that specifically binds to IFN-β gene regulatory elements

TL;DR: It is shown here that the IRF-1 gene possesses virus-inducible promoter and is also involved in the regulation of other genes such as IFN-alpha and MHC class I genes.
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