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SUBMITTER: Otero DC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3608802 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Otero Dennis C DC Baker Darren P DP David Michael M
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20130225 7
The contributions of IFN regulatory factor (IRF) 3/7 and the type I IFNs IFN-α/β to the innate host defense have been extensively investigated; however, their role in thymic development is less clear. In this study, we show that mice lacking the type I IFN receptor IFN-α/β receptor (IFNAR) or the downstream transcription factor STAT1 harbor a significant reduction in self-Ag-presenting, autoimmune regulator (AIRE)(+) medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs). Constitutive IFNAR signaling occurs ...[more]