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SUBMITTER: Duncan CJA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7508017 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Duncan Christopher J A CJA Randall Richard E RE Hambleton Sophie S
Trends in genetics : TIG 20200922 1
The concept that type I interferons (IFN-I) are essential to antiviral immunity derives from studies on animal models and cell lines. Virtually all pathogenic viruses have evolved countermeasures to IFN-I restriction, and genetic loss of viral IFN-I antagonists leads to virus attenuation. But just how important is IFN-I to antiviral defence in humans? The recent discovery of genetic defects of IFN-I signalling illuminates this and other questions of IFN biology, including the role of the mucosa- ...[more]