IRF7

IRF7
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases IRF7, IRF-7H, IRF7A, IRF7B, IRF7C, IRF7H, IMD39, interferon regulatory factor 7
External IDs MGI: 1859212 HomoloGene: 128624 GeneCards: IRF7
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

3665

54123

Ensembl

n/a

ENSMUSG00000025498

UniProt

Q92985

P70434

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001572
NM_004029
NM_004030
NM_004031

NM_001252600
NM_001252601
NM_016850

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001563.2
NP_004020.1
NP_004022.2

NP_058546.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 0.61 – 0.62 Mb Chr 7: 141.26 – 141.27 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Interferon regulatory factor 7, also known as IRF7, is a member of the interferon regulatory factor family of transcription factors.

Function

IRF7 encodes interferon regulatory factor 7, a member of the interferon regulatory transcription factor (IRF) family. IRF7 has been shown to play a role in the transcriptional activation of virus-inducible cellular genes, including the type I interferon genes. In particular, IRF7 regulates many interferon-alpha genes.[3] Constitutive expression of IRF7 is largely restricted to lymphoid tissue, largely plasmacytoid dendritic cells, whereas IRF7 is inducible in many tissues. Multiple IRF7 transcript variants have been identified, although the functional consequences of these have not yet been established.[4]

The IRF7 pathway was shown to be silenced in some metastatic breast cancer cell lines, which may help the cells avoid the host immune response.[5] Restoring IRF7 to these cell lines reduced metastases and increased host survival time in animal models.

The IRF7 gene and product were shown to be defective in a patient with severe susceptibility to H1N1 influenza, while susceptibility to other viral diseases such as CMV, RSV, and parainfluenza was unaffected.[6]

Interactions

IRF7 has been shown to interact with IRF3.[7]

See also

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Marié I, Durbin JE, Levy DE (November 1998). "Differential viral induction of distinct interferon-alpha genes by positive feedback through interferon regulatory factor-7". EMBO J. 17 (22): 6660–9. doi:10.1093/emboj/17.22.6660. PMC 1171011Freely accessible. PMID 9822609.
  4. "Entrez Gene: IRF7 interferon regulatory factor 7".
  5. Bidwell (2012). "Silencing of Irf7 pathways in breast cancer cells promotes bone metastasis through immune escape". Nature Medicine. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  6. Ciancanelli MJ, Huang SX, Luthra P, Garner H, Itan Y, Volpi S, Lafaille FG, Trouillet C, Schmolke M, Albrecht RA, Israelsson E, Lim HK, Casadio M, Hermesh T, Lorenzo L, Leung LW, Pedergnana V, Boisson B, Okada S, Picard C, Ringuier B, Troussier F, Chaussabel D, Abel L, Pellier I, Notarangelo LD, Garcia-Sastre A, Basler CF, Geissmann F, Zhang SY, Snoeck HW, Casanova JL (26 March 2015). "Life-threatening influenza and impaired interferon amplification in human IRF7 deficiency". Science. doi:10.1126/science.aaa1578.
  7. Au WC, Yeow WS, Pitha PM (Feb 2001). "Analysis of functional domains of interferon regulatory factor 7 and its association with IRF-3". Virology. 280 (2): 273–82. doi:10.1006/viro.2000.0782. PMID 11162841.

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