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SUBMITTER: Larochette V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6379347 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Larochette Vincent V Miot Charline C Poli Caroline C Beaumont Elodie E Roingeard Philippe P Fickenscher Helmut H Jeannin Pascale P Delneste Yves Y
Frontiers in immunology 20190212
Interleukin 26 (IL-26) is the most recently identified member of the IL-20 cytokine subfamily, and is a novel mediator of inflammation overexpressed in activated or transformed T cells. Novel properties have recently been assigned to IL-26, owing to its non-conventional cationic, and amphipathic features. IL-26 binds to DNA released from damaged cells and, as a carrier molecule for extracellular DNA, links DNA to inflammation. This observation suggests that IL-26 may act both as a driver and an ...[more]