Interferon lambda 4 impairs hepatitis C viral antigen presentation and attenuates T cell responses

Autor: Qian Chen, Mairene Coto-Llerena, Aleksei Suslov, Raphael Dias Teixeira, Isabel Fofana, Sandro Nuciforo, Maike Hofmann, Robert Thimme, Nina Hensel, Volker Lohmann, Charlotte K. Y. Ng, George Rosenberger, Stefan Wieland, Markus H. Heim
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25218-x
Popis: A genetic variant in the IFN-lambda 4 gene has been associated with poor hepatitis C virus prognosis but it is not clear how this functions. Here the authors show that IFN-lambda 4 promotes ER stress and inhibits presentation of HCV epitopes to CD8+ T cells.
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