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Interferon-stimulated genes and their antiviral effector functions.

John W. Schoggins, +1 more
- 01 Dec 2011 - 
- Vol. 1, Iss: 6, pp 519-525
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Some of the most potent antiviral effectors reinforce the system by further inducing IFN or ISGs, suggesting that some viruses may have evolved to co-opt IFN effectors for a survival advantage.
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This article is published in Current Opinion in Virology.The article was published on 2011-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1068 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Interferon type I & Interferon.

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Mitochondrial DNA Stress Primes the Antiviral Innate Immune Response

TL;DR: It is shown that moderate mtDNA stress elicited by TFAM deficiency engages cytosolic antiviral signalling to enhance the expression of a subset of interferon-stimulated genes, and it is suggested that cellular monitoring of mtDNA homeostasis cooperates with canonical virus sensing mechanisms to fully engage antiviral innate immunity.
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Type I and Type III Interferons - Induction, Signaling, Evasion, and Application to Combat COVID-19.

TL;DR: The recent progress in the understanding of both type I and type III IFN-mediated innate antiviral responses against human coronaviruses is described and the potential use of IFNs as a treatment strategy for COVID-19 is discussed.
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Persistent LCMV Infection Is Controlled by Blockade of Type I Interferon Signaling

TL;DR: A direct causal link between IFN-I signaling, immune activation, negative immune regulator expression, lymphoid tissue disorganization, and virus persistence is demonstrated and the results suggest that therapies targeting IFn-I may help control persistent virus infections.
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The broad-spectrum antiviral functions of IFIT and IFITM proteins

TL;DR: This Review focuses on recent advances in identifying the unique mechanisms of action of IFIT and IFITM proteins, which explain their broad-spectrum activity against the replication, spread and pathogenesis of a range of human viruses.
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Differential roles of MDA5 and RIG-I helicases in the recognition of RNA viruses

TL;DR: It is found that RIG-I is essential for the production of interferons in response to RNA viruses including paramyxoviruses, influenza virus and Japanese encephalitis virus, whereas MDA5 is critical for picornavirus detection.
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IRF-7 is the master regulator of type-I interferon-dependent immune responses

TL;DR: It is shown that mice deficient in the Irf7 gene are more vulnerable than Myd88-/- mice to viral infection, and this correlates with a marked decrease in serum IFN levels, indicating the importance of the IRF-7-dependent induction of systemic IFN responses for innate antiviral immunity.
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TL;DR: This Review discusses four main effector pathways of the IFN-mediated antiviral response: the Mx GTPase pathway, the 2′,5′-oligoadenylate-synthetase-directed ribonuclease L pathways, the protein kinase R pathway and the ISG15 ubiquitin-like pathway.
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A diverse range of gene products are effectors of the type I interferon antiviral response

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