Making a NeST for a Persistent Virus

Abstract

In a recent issue of Cell, Gomez et al. (2013) describe a long intergenic noncoding RNA, called NeST, that regulates the ability of mice to respond to viral and bacterial infections. NeST recruits histone H3 lysine 4 methyltransferases to the IFN-γ gene locus, enhancing IFN-γ expression in key T cell subsets