"Interferons" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Proteins secreted by vertebrate cells in response to a wide variety of inducers. They confer resistance against many different viruses, inhibit proliferation of normal and malignant cells, impede multiplication of intracellular parasites, enhance macrophage and granulocyte phagocytosis, augment natural killer cell activity, and show several other immunomodulatory functions.
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D007372
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.374.440 D12.776.467.374.440 D23.529.374.440
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Interferons" by people in Profiles.
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DDX58(RIG-I)-related disease is associated with tissue-specific interferon pathway activation. J Med Genet. 2022 03; 59(3):294-304.
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Sustained virological response to hepatitis C treatment decreases the incidence of complications associated with type 2 diabetes. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2019 03; 49(5):599-608.
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The effect of hepatitis C treatment response on medical costs: a longitudinal analysis in an integrated care setting. J Manag Care Pharm. 2013 Jul-Aug; 19(6):438-47.
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Influence of various purified interferons on effects of drugs in mice. Res Commun Chem Pathol Pharmacol. 1983 Jan; 39(1):113-25.