Interleukin-27 promotes autophagy in human serum-induced primary macrophages via an mTOR- and LC3-independent pathway

Abstract Interleukin-27 (IL-27) is a cytokine that suppresses human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection in macrophages and is considered as an immunotherapeutic reagent for infectious diseases. It is reported that IL-27 suppresses autophagy in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected macrophages; ho...

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Main Authors: Sylvain Laverdure, Ziqiu Wang, Jun Yang, Takuya Yamamoto, Tima Thomas, Toyotaka Sato, Kunio Nagashima, Tomozumi Imamichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94061-3