Shared and distinct functions of type I and type III interferons

HM Lazear, JW Schoggins, MS Diamond - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
Type I interferons (IFNs)(IFN-α, IFN-β) and type III IFNs (IFN-λ) share many properties,
including induction by viral infection, activation of shared signaling pathways, and …

The dual nature of type I and type II interferons

AJ Lee, AA Ashkar - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Type I and type II interferons (IFN) are central to both combating virus infection and
modulating the antiviral immune response. Indeed, an absence of either the receptor for type …

Interfering with interferons: A critical mechanism for critical COVID-19 pneumonia

HC Su, H Jing, Y Zhang… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Infection with SARS-CoV-2 results in clinical outcomes ranging from silent or benign
infection in most individuals to critical pneumonia and death in a few. Genetic studies in …

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 …

Type I interferons in anticancer immunity

L Zitvogel, L Galluzzi, O Kepp, MJ Smyth… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Type I interferons (IFNs) are known for their key role in antiviral immune responses. In this
Review, we discuss accumulating evidence indicating that type I IFNs produced by …

The interferon (IFN) class of cytokines and the IFN regulatory factor (IRF) transcription factor family

H Negishi, T Taniguchi, H Yanai - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2018 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Interferons (IFNs) are a broad class of cytokines elicited on challenge to the host defense
and are essential for mobilizing immune responses to pathogens. Divided into three classes …

Regulation of type I interferon responses

LB Ivashkiv, LT Donlin - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2014 - nature.com
Type I interferons (IFNs) activate intracellular antimicrobial programmes and influence the
development of innate and adaptive immune responses. Canonical type I IFN signalling …

Type I interferon in chronic virus infection and cancer

LM Snell, TL McGaha, DG Brooks - Trends in immunology, 2017 - cell.com
Type I interferons (IFN-Is) are emerging as key drivers of inflammation and
immunosuppression in chronic infection. Control of these infections requires IFN-I signaling; …

The role of type I interferons in the pathogenesis and treatment of COVID-19

G Schreiber - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Type I interferons (IFN-I) were first discovered over 60 years ago in a classical experiment by
Isaacs and Lindenman, who showed that IFN-Is possess antiviral activity. Later, it became …

Type I interferon in rheumatic diseases

TLW Muskardin, TB Niewold - Nature reviews rheumatology, 2018 - nature.com
The type I interferon pathway has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of
rheumatic diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren syndrome, myositis …