An Emerging Role for Type I Interferons as Critical Regulators of Blood Coagulation

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Type I interferons (IFNs) are central mediators of anti-viral and anti-bacterial host defence. Detection of microbes by innate immune cells via pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), including Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and cGAS-STING, induces the expression of type I IFN-stimulated genes. Primarily comprising the cytokines IFN-α and IFN-β, type I IFNs act via the type I IFN receptor in an autocrine or exocrine manner to orchestrate rapid and diverse innate immune responses. Growing evidence pinpoints type I IFN signalling as a fulcrum that not only induces blood coagulation as a core feature of the inflammatory response but is also activated by components of the coagulation cascade. In this review, we describe in detail recent studies identifying the type I IFN pathway as a modulator of vascular function and thrombosis. In addition, we profile discoveries showing that thrombin signalling via protease-activated receptors (PARs), which can synergize with TLRs, regulates the host response to infection via induction of type I IFN signalling. Thus, type I IFNs can have both protective (via maintenance of haemostasis) and pathological (facilitating thrombosis) effects on inflammation and coagulation signalling. These can manifest as an increased risk of thrombotic complications in infection and in type I interferonopathies such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and STING-associated vasculopathy with onset in infancy (SAVI). We also consider the effects on coagulation of recombinant type I IFN therapies in the clinic and discuss pharmacological regulation of type I IFN signalling as a potential mechanism by which aberrant coagulation and thrombosis may be treated therapeutically.

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Ryan, T. A. J., & O’Neill, L. A. J. (2023, March 1). An Emerging Role for Type I Interferons as Critical Regulators of Blood Coagulation. Cells. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12050778

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