CXCL4 assembles DNA into liquid crystalline complexes to amplify TLR9-mediated interferon-α production in systemic sclerosis
CXCL4 is an inflammatory chemokine signaling through CXCR3 receptor. Here the authors show a CXCR3-independent function of CXCL4: it forms liquid crystals with DNA, potentiating mammalian and bacterial DNA recognition by TLR9, thereby amplifying interferon-a production in systemic sclerosis.
Main Authors: | Roberto Lande, Ernest Y. Lee, Raffaella Palazzo, Barbara Marinari, Immacolata Pietraforte, Giancarlo Santiago Santos, Yves Mattenberger, Francesca Spadaro, Katia Stefanantoni, Nicoletta Iannace, Aleksandra Maria Dufour, Mario Falchi, Manuela Bianco, Elisabetta Botti, Luca Bianchi, Montserrat Alvarez, Valeria Riccieri, Marie-Elise Truchetet, Gerard C.L. Wong, Carlo Chizzolini, Loredana Frasca |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2019-05-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09683-z |
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