Interferon-λ in the context of viral infections: production, response and therapeutic implications

P Hermant, T Michiels - Journal of innate immunity, 2014 - karger.com
… By comparing viral infection in wild-type, IFNLR1 0/0 , IFNAR 0/0 and double-knockout mice…
contribution of IFN-λ to the control of viral infection greatly varied according to the virus [13]. …

Interferons and viral infections

V Fensterl, GC Sen - Biofactors, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
IFN-λ receptor IL10R2/IFNLR1 (Table 1) and their genes are clustered on human chromosome
19. Similarly to type I IFN, their inducibility by virus infection appears to be ubiquitous [6]. …

Type I interferons: distinct biological activities and current applications for viral infection

S Li, M Gong, F Zhao, J Shao, Y Xie, Y Zhang… - Cellular Physiology and …, 2018 - karger.com
IFN-α, IFN-β, IFN-ε, IFN-ω, IFN-κ, IFN-δ, IFN-τ and IFN-ζ. The use of IFNs for the treatment
of viral infectious … -ω induces a similar amount of IFN-α, IFN-β and IFN-λ mRNA but differs in …

Lambda interferon (IFN-λ), a type III IFN, is induced by viruses and IFNs and displays potent antiviral activity against select virus infections in vivo

N Ank, H West, C Bartholdy, K Eriksson… - Journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
… type 2 (HSV-2), whereas IFN-α potently restricted both viruses. Using three murine models
virus infections, we found that while recombinant IFN-α reduced the viral load after infection

Dynamics of IFN-β responses during respiratory viral infection. Insights for therapeutic strategies

A Watson, CM Spalluto, C McCrae… - American journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
… This study describes the dynamics of IFN-β responses to viral infection using lung infection
… other IFN pathways such as IFN-λ could also be effective at modulating viral infections (36–39…

The impact of the interferon-lambda family on the innate and adaptive immune response to viral infections

A Egli, DM Santer, D O'Shea, DL Tyrrell… - … microbes & infections, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
… Type-III interferons (IFN-λ, IFNL) are the most recently … biology of IFNL during viral infection,
and the implications of this … IFNLs exert antiviral effects via induction of IFN-stimulated genes…

Interferon-λ: immune functions at barrier surfaces and beyond

HM Lazear, TJ Nice, MS Diamond - Immunity, 2015 - cell.com
… into IFN-λ functions, including its ability to restrict virus spread into the brain and to clear
chronic viral infections in the gastrointestinal tract. We also discuss how IFN-λ modulates innate …

Viral infections activate types I and III interferon genes through a common mechanism

K Onoguchi, M Yoneyama, A Takemura, S Akira… - Journal of Biological …, 2007 - ASBMB
… Here, we analyzed the mechanism by which IFN-λ gene expression is induced by viral
infections. Loss- and gain-of-function experiments revealed the involvement of RIG-I (retinoic acid-…

Lambda interferon renders epithelial cells of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts resistant to viral infections

M Mordstein, E Neugebauer, V Ditt, B Jessen… - Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
… Using mice lacking functional receptors for type I IFN, type III IFN, or both, we found that
IFN-λ plays an important role in the defense against several human pathogens that infect the …

Interferon-lambda: a potent regulator of intestinal viral infections

S Lee, MT Baldridge - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
… advances regarding IFN-λ-mediated regulation of enteric viruses with … We also briefly discuss
IFN-λ interactions with other … RV infection in enteroids indeed induced IFN-λ and interferon-…