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Type I Interferons
1 Jan 1998
Abstract excerpt
Type I interferons (IFNs) constitute a family of structurally related proteins that are all derived from the same ancestral gene and act on a common cell-surface receptor. Contrary to many other cytokines, the production of type I IFNs is not a specialized function, and all cells in the organism can produce them, usually as a result of induction by viruses, via the formation of double-stranded RNA. Type I IFNs...
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