Interferons

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Proteins secreted by vertebrate cells in response to a wide variety of inducers. They confer resistance against many different viruses, inhibit proliferation of normal and malignant cells, impede multiplication of intracellular parasites, enhance macrophage and granulocyte phagocytosis, augment natural killer cell activity, and show several other immunomodulatory functions.

Descriptor ID	D007372
MeSH Number(s)	D12.644.276.374.440 D12.776.467.374.440 D23.529.374.440
Concept/Terms	Interferons Interferons Interferon

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Peptides [D12.644]
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins [D12.644.276]
Cytokines [D12.644.276.374]
Interferons [D12.644.276.374.440]
Proteins [D12.776]
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins [D12.776.467]
Cytokines [D12.776.467.374]
Interferons [D12.776.467.374.440]
Biological Factors [D23]
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins [D23.529]
Cytokines [D23.529.374]
Interferons [D23.529.374.440]

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Bar chart showing 24 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2003 and 2005 and 2007 and 2011 and 2013 and 2014 and 2021 and 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2003	0	2	2
2005	2	0	2
2006	0	1	1
2007	1	1	2
2010	0	1	1
2011	1	1	2
2013	1	1	2
2014	0	2	2
2015	0	1	1
2016	0	1	1
2017	0	1	1
2020	0	1	1
2021	0	2	2
2022	0	2	2
2024	0	1	1
2025	0	1	1

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Fonseca BF, Robinot R, Michel V, Mendez A, Lebourgeois S, Chiv? C, Jeger-Madiot R, Vaid R, Bondet V, Maloney E, Guivel-Benhassine F, Schwartz O, Duffy D, Mondal T, Gobaa S, Chakrabarti LA. Stealth replication of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron in the nasal epithelium at physiological temperature. J Virol. 2026 01 20; 100(1):e0200825.

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Adang LA, D'Aiello R, Takanohashi A, Woidill S, Gavazzi F, Behrens EM, Sullivan KE, Goldbach-Mansky R, de Jesus AA, Vanderver A, Shults J. IFN-signaling gene expression as a diagnostic biomarker for monogenic interferonopathies. JCI Insight. 2024 Jun 17; 9(14).

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Khandelwal V, Sharma T, Gupta S, Singh S, Sharma MK, Parashar D, Kashyap VK. Stem cell therapy: a novel approach against emerging and re-emerging viral infections with special reference to SARS-CoV-2. Mol Biol Rep. 2023 Mar; 50(3):2663-2683.

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Liu D, Hao Q, Li J, Li Q, Wang K, Geng Q, Wu Y, Vadgama JV, Wu Y. ZBED2 expression enhances interferon signaling and predicts better survival of estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer patients. Cancer Commun (Lond). 2022 07; 42(7):663-667.

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Chen YC, Figliozzi RW, Hsia SV. Pilot Analyses of Interferon Subtype Expression Profiles in Patients with Herpes Zoster or Postherpetic Neuralgia. Viral Immunol. 2021 09; 34(7):437-447.

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Sayaman RW, Saad M, Thorsson V, Hu D, Hendrickx W, Roelands J, Porta-Pardo E, Mokrab Y, Farshidfar F, Kirchhoff T, Sweis RF, Bathe OF, Heimann C, Campbell MJ, Stretch C, Huntsman S, Graff RE, Syed N, Radvanyi L, Shelley S, Wolf D, Marincola FM, Ceccarelli M, Galon J, Ziv E, Bedognetti D. Germline genetic contribution to the immune landscape of cancer. Immunity. 2021 02 09; 54(2):367-386.e8.

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Sherif ZA, Nouraie M, Begum R, Afsari A, Shokrani B, Lee E, Laiyemo AO, Brim H, Ashktorab H. Factors influencing treatment outcome in hepatitis C virus minority patients at an inner-city hospital: A STROBE-complaint article. Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Apr; 99(14):e19505.

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Costa-Reis P, Sullivan KE. Monogenic lupus: it's all new! Curr Opin Immunol. 2017 Dec; 49:87-95.

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Tsokos GC, Lo MS, Costa Reis P, Sullivan KE. New insights into the immunopathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2016 11 22; 12(12):716-730.

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Park SJ, Kumar M, Kwon HI, Seong RK, Han K, Song JM, Kim CJ, Choi YK, Shin OS. Dynamic changes in host gene expression associated with H5N8 avian influenza virus infection in mice. Sci Rep. 2015 Nov 18; 5:16512.

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