| Literature DB >> 1898975 |
S Gessani1, P Di Marzio, P Rizza, F Belardelli, C Baglioni.
Abstract
Low levels of beta interferon (IFN) mRNA are transcribed in freshly explanted murine peritoneal macrophages. Nuclear runoff transcription assays show that this "constitutive" IFN-beta-mRNA transcription does not increase in macrophages treated either with lipopolysaccharide or with IFN-gamma, which induce a marked accumulation of this mRNA and greatly increase IFN secretion. Therefore, these agents promote accumulation of IFN-beta mRNA by posttranscriptional mechanisms. The IFN-alpha 2 gene is also constitutively transcribed by macrophages, but the corresponding mRNA does not accumulate in lipopolysaccharide-treated cells.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1898975 PMCID: PMC239845
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103