Interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF1) is a transcriptional regulator involved in the regulation of several cellular responses, such as regulation of IFN and IFN-inducible genes, host response to viral and bacterial infections, regulation of many genes expressed during hematopoiesis, inflammation, immune responses and cell proliferation and differentiation, regulation of the cell cycle and induction of growth arrest and programmed cell death following DNA damage [, , , , , ].
Interferon regulatory factor 2 (IRF2) is a multifunctional transcription factor that plays a pivotal role in regulation of apoptosis and cell cycle control [, , ]. It also plays an important role in modulating cellular responses to interferon (IFN) and viral infection []. It has an antagonistic role to IRF1 in transcriptional regulation of IFN and ISG genes []. While IRF1 acts as a positive regulator, IRF2 is known to repress IFN-mediated gene expression.
This entry represents the interferon regulatory factor 1/2.IRF1 is a transcriptional regulator involved in the regulation of several cellular responses, such as regulation of IFN and IFN-inducible genes, host response to viral and bacterial infections, regulation of many genes expressed during hematopoiesis, inflammation, immune responses and cell proliferation and differentiation, regulation of the cell cycle and induction of growth arrest and programmed cell death following DNA damage [, , , , , ].IRF2 is a multifunctional transcription factor that plays a pivotal role in regulation of apoptosis and cell cycle control [, , ]. It also plays an important role in modulating cellular responses to interferon (IFN) and viral infection []. It has an antagonistic role to IRF1 in transcriptional regulation of IFN and ISG genes []. While IRF1 acts as a positive regulator, IRF2 is known to repress IFN-mediated gene expression.
