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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Scott Alper
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-58432 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
O'Connor Brian P BP Danhorn Thomas T De Arras Lesly L Flatley Brenna R BR Marcus Roland A RA Farias-Hesson Eveline E Leach Sonia M SM Alper Scott S
PLoS genetics 20150206 2
The innate immune response plays a key role in fighting infection by activating inflammation and stimulating the adaptive immune response. However, chronic activation of innate immunity can contribute to the pathogenesis of many diseases with an inflammatory component. Thus, various negatively acting factors turn off innate immunity subsequent to its activation to ensure that inflammation is self-limiting and to prevent inflammatory disease. These negatively acting pathways include the productio ...[more]