Synergistic gene expression during the acute phase response is characterized by transcription factor assisted loading

oleh: Ido Goldstein, Ville Paakinaho, Songjoon Baek, Myong-Hee Sung, Gordon L. Hager

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-11-01

Deskripsi

The cytokines IL-1β and IL-6 mediate the systemic acute phase response (APR). Here, the authors provide evidence that these cytokines lead to both synergistic and antagonistic gene expression during APR; synergistic induction occurs by assisted loading of STAT3 on chromatin by NF-κB.