Characterization of the interferon-producing cell in mice infected with Listeria monocytogenes.

Production of type I interferons (IFN-I, mainly IFNalpha and IFNbeta) is a hallmark of innate immune responses to all classes of pathogens. When viral infection spreads to lymphoid organs, the majority of systemic IFN-I is produced by a specialized "interferon-producing cell" (IPC) that ha...

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Main Authors: Silvia Stockinger, Renate Kastner, Elisabeth Kernbauer, Andreas Pilz, Sandra Westermayer, Benjamin Reutterer, Didier Soulat, Gabriele Stengl, Claus Vogl, Theresa Frenz, Zoe Waibler, Tadatsugu Taniguchi, Thomas Rülicke, Ulrich Kalinke, Mathias Müller, Thomas Decker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-03-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19325882/pdf/?tool=EBI