IRF8
interferon regulatory factor 8 | ICSBP, IRF-8, ICSBP1

Interferon consensus sequence-binding protein (ICSBP) is a transcription factor of the interferon (IFN) regulatory factor (IRF) family. Proteins of this family are composed of a conserved DNA-binding domain in the N-terminal region and a divergent C-terminal region that serves as the regulatory domain. The IRF family proteins bind to the IFN-stimulated response element (ISRE) and regulate expression of genes stimulated by type I IFNs, namely IFN-alpha and IFN-beta. IRF family proteins also control expression of IFN-alpha and IFN-beta-regulated genes that are induced by viral infection. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Biological processes 43 terms
DNA binding (GO:0003677)DNA-binding transcription factor activity (GO:0003700)DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0000981)DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0000981)DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0000981)DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0001227)RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000978)RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000978)RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000978)RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000977)cellular response to type II interferon (GO:0071346)cellular response to type II interferon (GO:0071346)chromatin (GO:0000785)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)cytosol (GO:0005829)defense response to other organism (GO:0098542)dendritic cell differentiation (GO:0097028)dendritic cell differentiation (GO:0097028)follicular B cell differentiation (GO:0002316)germinal center B cell differentiation (GO:0002314)immune response (GO:0006955)immune response (GO:0006955)immune system process (GO:0002376)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)plasmacytoid dendritic cell differentiation (GO:0002273)plasmacytoid dendritic cell differentiation (GO:0002273)positive regulation of apoptotic process (GO:0043065)positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0045944)positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0045944)protein binding (GO:0005515)regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0006355)regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006357)regulation of type I interferon production (GO:0032479)regulation of type I interferon production (GO:0032479)sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding (GO:1990837)transcription cis-regulatory region binding (GO:0000976)
Expression (TPM)
IRF8 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating IRF8 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for IRF8. The Binding column indicates whether any binding evidence exists for this TF–gene pair (ChIP-seq or motif footprint peaks). The Mean coef is the average Perturb-seq regression coefficient across active gRNAs (positive = IRF8 upregulated upon KD; negative = downregulated). The Outlier column indicates whether this gene is in the top or bottom 5% of all TF knockdown effects.

Data: Effect:
TF Mean coef Binding Outlier TF→Gene link

Elements linked to IRF8

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of IRF8, linked by TSS proximity or chromatin conformation (Multiome / HiCAR). Each element overlaps at least one TF ChIP-seq binding site — the TFs column shows how many distinct TFs bind that element.

Accessibility Element Dist. to TSS Link type TFs
chr16:85,898,542–85,899,371 at TSS At TSS 380

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the IRF8 locus showing ATAC-seq accessibility and RNA-seq expression across the ESC → DE time course, together with TF binding peaks and element-to-TSS loop connections.

chr16:85,888,542 – 85,909,371
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq