Immunoregulatory Mechanisms of Interferon

• Other Authors: Hermann Fritz, Jorg (Editor), Duerr, Claudia U. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2020
• Subjects: Medicine; Immunology; interferons; IFN; immunehomeostasis; autoimmunity; mmunomodulators
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Interferons (IFN) belong to the family of cytokines and have been described first in the late 1950s as an inhibitory factor of viral replication. Since then, the impact of interferon has been greatly expanded and its function comprises a role not only in different types of infection, cancer and auto...