... in the regulation of apop-tosis [21,22]. Thus, the possibility that the antiviraleffect of spermine is mediated by induction of apop-tosis was analyzed. For this purpose, the effect of spermine ... view of regulation of geneexpression by double-stranded RNA-mediated cell sig-naling. J Biol Chem 30, 30.35 Shah N, Thomas T, Shirahata A, Sigal LH & ThomasTJ (1999) Activation of nuclear ... Moreover,expression of a constitutively active form of IRF-3leads to induction of spermine, which possesses pro-apoptotic and antiviral activities. These results thusillustrate a potential new mechanism by...