Tracking interferon in autoimmunity

Virginia Pascual; Jacques Banchereau

doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2012.01.007

Tracking interferon in autoimmunity

Immunity. 2012 Jan 27;36(1):7-9. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.01.007.

Authors

Virginia Pascual¹, Jacques Banchereau

Affiliation

¹ Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Dallas, TX 75204, USA. virginip@baylorhealth.edu

Abstract

Type I interferon is a family of antiviral cytokines linked to human autoimmune diseases. In this issue of Immunity, Gall et al. (2012) characterize, in a murine model of autoimmunity, the origin and progression of the type I interferon response leading to disease.

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Grants and funding

U19 AI082715/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States