Viruses and interferon: a fight for supremacy - Nature
2002年9月1日 · Interferons (IFNs) — the body's first line of antiviral defence — are cytokines that are secreted by host cells in response to virus infection. By inducing the expression of hundreds of...
What Are Interferons (IFNs)? - Cleveland Clinic
2024年2月19日 · Interferons are lab-made versions of proteins your body naturally makes. These medications work by helping your immune system find and attack cancer cells and viruses. Interferons can prevent cancer cells and viruses from growing and spreading.
Interferon - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
2023年7月10日 · Interferons are currently used clinically to treat viral infections such as hepatitis C, cancers including non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis. This activity outlines the different types of interferons, namely interferon alpha, beta, …
Interferon | Biochemistry, Immune System & Viral Defense
2024年10月7日 · interferon, any of several related proteins that are produced by the body’s cells as a defensive response to viruses. They are important modulators of the immune response. Interferon was named for its ability to interfere with viral proliferation.
Ten Strategies of Interferon Evasion by Viruses - PMC
Viruses infecting vertebrate hosts must overcome the interferon (IFN)-mediated antiviral response to replicate and propagate to new hosts. The complex regulation of the IFN response allows viruses to antagonize IFN at multiple levels.
Your Guide to Interferons - WebMD
2022年8月30日 · Interferons are man-made versions of proteins your body makes. These drugs work with your immune system to help it find and attack viruses and cancer. They can stop virus and cancer cells from...
Type I interferons in infectious disease - Nature
2015年1月23日 · Type I interferons (IFNs) have diverse effects on innate and adaptive immune cells during infection with viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungi, directly and/or indirectly through the...
Decoding type I and III interferon signalling during viral infection
2019年4月1日 · Interferon (IFN)-mediated antiviral responses are central to host defence against viral infection. Despite the existence of at least 20 IFNs, there are only three known cell surface...
Interferons as Therapeutic Agents for Infectious Diseases
Interferons (IFNs) are attractive biological response modifiers for use as therapeutic agents in infectious diseases, because they have both antiviral and immunomodulatory activity.
The Type I Interferons: Basic Concepts and Clinical Relevance in …
There is increasing scientific and clinical interest in elucidating the biology of type I Interferons, which began approximately 60 years ago with the concept of “viral interference”, a property that reduces the ability of a virus to infect cells.
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