title: Interferons, signal transduction pathways, and the central nervous system.
abstract: The interferon (IFN) family of cytokines participates in the development of innate and acquired immune defenses against various pathogens and pathogenic stimuli. Discovered originally as a proteinaceous substance secreted from virus-infected cells that afforded immunity to neighboring cells from virus infection, these cytokines are now implicated in various human pathologies, including control of tumor development, cell differentiation, and autoimmunity. It is now believed that the IFN system (IFN genes and the genes induced by them, and the factors that regulate these processes) is a generalized alarm of cellular stress, including DNA damage. IFNs exert both beneficial and deleterious effects on the central nervous system (CNS). Our knowledge of the IFN-regulated processes in the CNS is far from being clear. In this article, we reviewed the current understanding of IFN signal transduction pathways and gene products that might have potential relevance to diseases of the CNS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Program in Oncology, Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Shreeram C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Nallar
authors.forename: Dhan V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Kalvakolanu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000276:immunology*; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D004249:DNA Damage; D006801:Humans; D007372:Interferons / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007372:Interferons
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