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In this study, we have identified Interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs), especially IFIT1, 2 and 3, as target genes of propionate-induced signalling in the human epithelial cell line A549, the monocytic cell line THP-1 as well as in primary, human peripheral blood-derived macrophages (PBMs). Induction of the IFIT gene family by propionate negatively regulates TLR-induced signalling. Propionate stimulation results in downregulation of pro-inflammatory cytokine and chemokine expression as well as MHC class II expression upon TLR1/2 and TLR4 re-stimulation in A549 and THP-1 cells as well as in PBMs, demonstrating that propionate-induced signalling is involved in the induction of TLR cross-tolerance. Signalling pathway analysis clearly demonstrates that propionate-induced IFIT expression is mediated by FFAR2 in a Gα |