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Polymorphisms in IFIH1: the good and the bad

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A study of polymorphisms in the sensor IFIH1 exposes the evolutionary trade-off between a robust antiviral type I interferon response and the risk of interferon-mediated inflammation.

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Figure 1: The common polymorphism p.A946T in IFIH1 has been linked to a variety of autoimmune diseases.

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  1. Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Neuroinflammation, INSERM UMR1163, Institut Imagine, Paris, France

    Erika Della Mina & Mathieu P Rodero

  2. Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Neuroinflammation, INSERM UMR1163, Institut Imagine, Paris, France

    Yanick J Crow

  3. Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France

    Yanick J Crow

  4. Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    Yanick J Crow

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Della Mina, E., Rodero, M. & Crow, Y. Polymorphisms in IFIH1: the good and the bad. Nat Immunol 18, 708–709 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni.3765

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