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Nature Immunology 10, 233 - 234 (2009)
doi:10.1038/ni0309-233

Intrinsic mRNA stability helps compose the inflammatory symphony

Paul Anderson1

  1. Paul Anderson is in the Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
    e-mail: panderson@rics.bwh.harvard.edu


The intrinsic stability of mRNA is important in the regulation of gene expression. New data show that the intrinsic stability of tumor necrosis factor–induced mRNA transcripts strongly influences the coordinated expression of genes that promote distinct phases of the inflammatory response.

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