Interferon target-gene expression and epigenomic signatures in health and disease

FJ Barrat, MK Crow, LB Ivashkiv - Nature immunology, 2019 - nature.com
Multiple type I interferons and interferon-γ (IFN-γ) are expressed under physiological
conditions and are increased by stress and infections, and in autoinflammatory and …

[HTML][HTML] Regulating IRFs in IFN driven disease

CA Jefferies - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Interferon regulatory factors (IRFs) are a family of transcription factors that play pivotal
roles in many aspects of the immune response, including immune cell development and …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 infection of human ACE2-transgenic mice causes severe lung inflammation and impaired function

ES Winkler, AL Bailey, NM Kafai, S Nair… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Although animal models have been evaluated for severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, none have fully recapitulated the lung disease …

[PDF][PDF] A SARS-CoV-2 infection model in mice demonstrates protection by neutralizing antibodies

AO Hassan, JB Case, ES Winkler, LB Thackray… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a pandemic
with millions of human infections. One limitation to the evaluation of potential therapies and …

Type I interferon in chronic virus infection and cancer

LM Snell, TL McGaha, DG Brooks - Trends in immunology, 2017 - cell.com
Type I interferons (IFN-Is) are emerging as key drivers of inflammation and
immunosuppression in chronic infection. Control of these infections requires IFN-I signaling; …

[PDF][PDF] Combination cancer therapies with immune checkpoint blockade: convergence on interferon signaling

AJ Minn, EJ Wherry - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Improving efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade for cancer can be facilitated by
combining these agents with each other and/or with other conventional or targeted …

Type I interferons in autoimmune disease

MK Crow, M Olferiev, KA Kirou - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Type I interferons, which make up the first cytokine family to be described and are the
essential mediators of antivirus host defense, have emerged as central elements in the …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroinvasion and neurotropism by SARS-CoV-2 variants in the K18-hACE2 mouse

F Seehusen, JJ Clark, P Sharma, EG Bentley, A Kirby… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) not only affects the
respiratory tract but also causes neurological symptoms such as loss of smell and taste …

Human megakaryocytes possess intrinsic antiviral immunity through regulated induction of IFITM3

RA Campbell, H Schwertz, ED Hottz… - Blood, The Journal …, 2019 - ashpublications.org
Evolving evidence indicates that platelets and megakaryocytes (MKs) have unexpected
activities in inflammation and infection; whether viral infections upregulate biologically …

[HTML][HTML] Next generation of tumor-activating type I IFN enhances anti-tumor immune responses to overcome therapy resistance

X Cao, Y Liang, Z Hu, H Li, J Yang, EJ Hsu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Type I interferon is promising in treating different kinds of tumors, but has been limited by its
toxicity, lack of tumor targeting, and very short half-life. To target tumors, reduce systemic …