Emerging principles of cytokine pharmacology and therapeutics

RA Saxton, CR Glassman, KC Garcia - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Cytokines are secreted signalling proteins that play essential roles in the initiation,
maintenance and resolution of immune responses. Although the unique ability of cytokines …

Decoding type I and III interferon signalling during viral infection

EV Mesev, RA LeDesma, A Ploss - Nature microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
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 …

Antitumour actions of interferons: implications for cancer therapy

BS Parker, J Rautela, PJ Hertzog - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
The interferons (IFNs) are a family of cytokines that protect against disease by direct effects
on target cells and by activating immune responses. The production and actions of IFNs are …

Cholesterol 25-hydroxylase suppresses SARS-CoV-2 replication by blocking membrane fusion

R Zang, JB Case, E Yutuc, X Ma… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Cholesterol 25-hydroxylase (CH25H) is an interferon (IFN)-stimulated gene that shows
broad antiviral activities against a wide range of enveloped viruses. Here, using an IFN …

EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on hepatitis delta virus

MR Brunetto, G Ricco, F Negro, H Wedemeyer… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hepatitis D virus (HDV) is a defective virus that requires the hepatitis B virus to complete its
life cycle and cause liver damage in humans. HDV is responsible for rare acute and chronic …

The immunogenetics of psoriasis: a comprehensive review

JL Harden, JG Krueger, AM Bowcock - Journal of autoimmunity, 2015 - Elsevier
Psoriasis vulgaris is a common, chronic inflammatory skin disease with a complex etiology
involving genetic risk factors and environmental triggers. Here we describe the many known …

A positive feedback amplifier circuit that regulates interferon (IFN)-stimulated gene expression and controls type I and type II IFN responses

A Michalska, K Blaszczyk, J Wesoly… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Interferon (IFN)-I and IFN-II both induce IFN-stimulated gene (ISG) expression through Janus
kinase (JAK)-dependent phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription …

Interferon-λ: immune functions at barrier surfaces and beyond

HM Lazear, TJ Nice, MS Diamond - Immunity, 2015 - cell.com
When type III interferon (IFN-λ; also known as interleukin-28 [IL-28] and IL-29) was
discovered in 2003, its antiviral function was expected to be analogous to that of type I IFNs …

Canonical and non-canonical aspects of JAK–STAT signaling: lessons from interferons for cytokine responses

A Majoros, E Platanitis, E Kernbauer-Hölzl… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Janus kinase (JAK)–signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) signal
transduction mediates cytokine responses. Canonical signaling is based on STAT tyrosine …

Guarding the frontiers: the biology of type III interferons

A Wack, E Terczyńska-Dyla, R Hartmann - Nature immunology, 2015 - nature.com
Type III interferons (IFNs) or IFN-λs regulate a similar set of genes as type I IFNs, but
whereas type I IFNs act globally, IFN-λs primarily target mucosal epithelial cells and protect …