Symbol
| IRF7
| contributors: mct/ - updated : 30-01-2018
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HGNC name
| interferon regulatory factor 7
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HGNC id
| 6122
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corresponding disease(s)
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IMD39
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Other morbid association(s)
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Type | Gene Modification | Chromosome rearrangement | Protein expression | Protein Function
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constitutional
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| --low
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most lung cells from stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients show a constitutive decreased expression of IFNB1, IRF7, DDX58 and IFIH1, suggesting that this deficiency is the main cause of their acute viral exacerbations | |
Variant & Polymorphism
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Candidate gene
Marker
Therapy target
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System | Type | Disorder | Pubmed |
miscelleaneous | vascular | | |
may represent a promising target for vascular disease therapy |
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| Irf7-null mice are consistently more vulnerable than Myd88-null mice to viral infection, and this correlated with marked decrease in serum interferon levels, indicating the importance of the IRF7-dependent induction of systemic interferon responses for innate antiviral immunity |