Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
3415455 Microbes and Infection 2009 8 Pages PDF
Abstract

Viral infection stimulates multiple signalling pathways in the innate immune system, leading to type 1 interferon production. Recent research has identified the mitochondrial protein MAVS as a key component of one intracellular pathway, definitively linking mitochondria to the mammalian antiviral defence system for the first time.

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