Interferons articles from across Nature Portfolio

Here the authors show that unlike IL12, IFNγ can induce a T helper 1-like state in regulatory T (T_reg) cells during viral infection in mice that suppresses effector T cell responses and memory formation.

Inhibition of the tricarboxylic acid cycle enzyme fumarate hydratase leads to deregulation of cytokine production in macrophages, which has implications in human diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus.

Here, the authors show that IFNγ binding to heparan sulfate is a mechanism to restrain IFNγ at the site of production, thereby preventing high systemic levels of this cytokine and associated immunopathology.

The translational elongation factor eIF5a may have a function in T cell protein translation. Here the authors show that hypusination of eIF5a or deletion of eIF5a alters the profile of mRNA translation in T cells and that eIF5 regulates the proliferation and effector function of these T cells.

Innate and adaptive immune cells function in the homeostasis of haematopoietic stem cells (HSC). Here the authors show that myeloid cells are able to reduce the function of HSCs via interferon signaling through a neutrophil-NK cell dependent process.