Abstract
Constitutive IFN-λ expression in the placenta protects the fetus from vertically transmitted viruses, but regulatory mechanisms are unknown. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Wickramage, VanWye etal. demonstrate that Alu RNAs within a microRNA cluster important for placental development mimic viral molecular patterns to mediate protection.
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