Lysine methyltransferase SMYD2 inhibits antiviral innate immunity by promoting IRF3 dephosphorylation

Abstracts Phosphorylation of IRF3 is critical to induce type I interferon (IFN-I) production in antiviral innate response. Here we report that lysine methyltransferase SMYD2 inhibits the expressions of IFN-I and proinflammatory cytokines in macrophages upon viral infections. The Smyd2-deficient mice...

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Main Authors: Jiacheng Wu, Ye Hu, Jiaying Song, Jia Xu, Qian Zhang, Yangyang Chai, Xin Wang, Bingjing Wang, Yong Zhao, Xuetao Cao, Xiaoqing Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2023-09-01
Series:Cell Death and Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-023-06118-y