The value of Interferon β in multiple sclerosis and novel opportunities for its anti-viral activity: a narrative literature review

G Bellucci, A Albanese, C Rizzi, V Rinaldi… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Interferon-beta (IFN-β) for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is turning 30. The COVID-19 pandemic
rejuvenated the interest in interferon biology in health and disease, opening translational …

Autoantibodies to interferons in infectious diseases

E Quiros-Roldan, A Sottini, SG Signorini, F Serana… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Anti-cytokine autoantibodies and, in particular, anti-type I interferons are increasingly
described in association with immunodeficient, autoimmune, and immune-dysregulated …

Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs underlie West Nile virus encephalitis in∼ 40% of patients

A Gervais, F Rovida, MA Avanzini, S Croce… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
Mosquito-borne West Nile virus (WNV) infection is benign in most individuals but can cause
encephalitis in< 1% of infected individuals. We show that∼ 35% of patients hospitalized for …

Higher COVID-19 pneumonia risk associated with anti-IFN-α than with anti-IFN-ω auto-Abs in children

P Bastard, A Gervais, M Taniguchi, L Saare… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - rupress.org
We found that 19 (10.4%) of 183 unvaccinated children hospitalized for COVID-19
pneumonia had autoantibodies (auto-Abs) neutralizing type I IFNs (IFN-α2 in 10 patients …

Loss of tolerance precedes triggering and lifelong persistence of pathogenic type I interferon autoantibodies

S Fernbach, NK Mair, IA Abela, K Groen… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - rupress.org
Autoantibodies neutralizing type I interferons (IFN-Is) can underlie infection severity. Here,
we trace the development of these autoantibodies at high-resolution using longitudinal …

[HTML][HTML] Real-world evidence of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in Serbia: Nation-wide observational study (2017–2019)

P Banović, D Mijatović, V Simin, N Vranješ… - Travel Medicine and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Rabies remains a deadly zoonotic disease, primarily prevalent in Eastern
European countries, with a significant global burden in Asia and Africa. Post-exposure …

Life-threatening infections in human newborns: Reconciling age-specific vulnerability and interindividual variability

A Borghesi - Cellular Immunology, 2024 - Elsevier
In humans, the interindividual variability of clinical outcome following exposure to a
microorganism is immense, ranging from silent infection to life-threatening disease. Age …

Absence of Type I Interferon Autoantibodies or Significant Interferon Signature Alterations in Adults With Post–COVID-19 Syndrome

M Achleitner, NK Mair, J Dänhardt… - Open Forum …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Genetic defects in the interferon (IFN) system or neutralizing autoantibodies against type I
IFNs contribute to severe COVID-19. Such autoantibodies were proposed to affect post …

Magnetic Relaxation Switching Assay Using IFNα-2b-Conjugated Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles for Anti-Interferon Antibody Detection

B Nikolaev, L Yakovleva, V Fedorov, N Yudintceva… - Biosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Type I interferons, particularly IFNα-2b, play essential roles in eliciting adaptive and innate
immune responses, being implicated in the pathogenesis of various diseases, including …

Highly-sensitive reporter cell line for detection of interferon types I-III and their neutralization by antibodies

K Groen, R Kuratli, A Vasou, M Huber, DJ Hughes… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Interferons (IFNs) are a critical component of innate immune defenses and limit viral disease
severity. To advance studies on IFNs and their neutralization by pathogenic autoantibodies …