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SUBMITTER: Lasfar A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3235441 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lasfar Ahmed A Abushahba Walid W Balan Murugabaskar M Cohen-Solal Karine A KA
Clinical & developmental immunology 20111206
The discovery of the interferon-lambda (IFN-λ) family has considerably contributed to our understanding of the role of interferon not only in viral infections but also in cancer. IFN-λ proteins belong to the new type III IFN group. Type III IFN is structurally similar to type II IFN (IFN-γ) but functionally identical to type I IFN (IFN-α/β). However, in contrast to type I or type II IFNs, the response to type III IFN is highly cell-type specific. Only epithelial-like cells and to a lesser extent ...[more]