Type III interferons (IFNs) (interleukin-28/29 or lambda interferon [IFN-lambda]) are cytokines with IFN-like activities. Here we show that several classes of viruses induce expression of IFN-lambda1 and -lambda2/3 in similar patterns. The IFN-lambdas were-unlike alpha/beta interferon (IFN-alpha/beta)-induced directly by stimulation with IFN-alpha or -lambda, thus identifying type III IFNs as I...

Interferon production was induced in a strain of human diploid foreskin cells with poly(I).poly(C). Cycloheximide was included in the culture medium at the time of addition of the inducer. Actinomycin D was added to the cultures 4 or 5 hr later, before the inhibition of protein synthesis was reversed at 6 hr. Thus, subsequent interferon synthesis had to be directed by messenger RNA synthesized ...

SARS-CoV-2 infection inhibits interferon expression, while hyper-activating innate-immune signalling and expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines. proteins: Spike, M nsp6, nsp12 nsp13 inhibit IFR3-mediated Type-1-interferon defence, but hyper-activate intracellular signalling, which leads to dysfunctional cytokines, particularly IL-1β IL-6, IL-8, TNFα. Ezrin, a sub-membrane adaptor-protein, org...

Interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF-1), IRF-3, and IRF-7 have been tested as genetic adjuvants for influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) and nucleoprotein vaccine DNAs. Cotransfection of HA with IRF-3 and IRF-7 increased CD4 T-cell responses by 2- to 4-fold and CD8 T-cell responses by more than 10-fold. Following intramuscular deliveries of DNA, both CD4 and CD8 T cells were biased towards type 1 ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus are all involved autoimmune illnesses with similar clinical, genetic and pathogenic characteristics. However, it is still uncertain what characteristics these disorder’s deoxyribonucleic acid methylation patterns have in common. To determine the typical of illnesses, we undertook to analyze data for numerous inflammatory disorders a unified manner, which included sa...