Immunity
Volume 34, Issue 3, 25 March 2011, Pages 285-287
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Viperin Links Lipid Bodies to Immune Defense

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Viperin is an interferon-stimulated gene that exerts antiviral effects. In this issue of Immunity, Saitoh et al. (2011) uncovered an unexpected function of Viperin and lipid bodies in interferon induction by Toll-like receptors, specifically in plasmacytoid dendritic cells.

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