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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ma S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5413332 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of experimental medicine 20170417 5
TLR7/9 signals are capable of mounting massive interferon (IFN) response in plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) immediately after viral infection, yet the involvement of epigenetic regulation in this process has not been documented. Here, we report that zinc finger CXXC family epigenetic regulator CXXC5 is highly expressed in pDCs, where it plays a crucial role in TLR7/9- and virus-induced IFN response. Notably, genetic ablation of CXXC5 resulted in aberrant methylation of the CpG-containing isl ...[more]