ReviewJournal of innate immunity2014
Interferon-λ in the context of viral infections: production, response and therapeutic implications.
Review in Journal of innate immunity, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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79 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 129 citations in OpenAlex.
- The potential of IFN-λ, IL-32γ, IL-6, and IL-22 as safeguards against human viruses: a systematic review and a meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Pooled it
- Type I and III interferon responses restrict infection by tick-borne orthoflaviviruses through IFI6.Journal of virology · 2026Article
- An immune-competent lung-on-a-chip for modelling the human severe influenza infection response.Nature biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- Long Non-Coding RNAs Can Govern the Antiviral Immune Response Through Interferon-Mediated Mechanisms in Respiratory Tract.Viruses · 2026Review
- A recombinant Cedar virus preclinical model that recapitulates neurological features of henipavirus disease.iScience · 2025Article
- SIV infection induces alterations in gene expression and loss of interneurons in Rhesus Macaque frontal cortex during early systemic infection.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Exploiting a type III interferon response to improve chemotherapeutic safety and efficacy.European journal of pharmaceutical sciences : official journal of the European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2025Article
- Untangling Ariadne's Thread Within the Bone Marrow Maze: A Close-Up View of Stem/Progenitor Cells' Interactome and Secretome.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025Review
- Involvement of Human Cellular Proteins and Structures in Realization of the HIV Life Cycle: A Comprehensive Review, 2024.Viruses · 2024Review
- Interferon signaling in the nasal epithelium distinguishes among lethal and common cold coronaviruses and mediates viral clearance.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
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- Ly6CCell reports · 2024Article
- IFNs in host defence and parasite immune evasion duringFrontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- Interferon lambda in respiratory viral infection: immunomodulatory functions and antiviral effects in epithelium.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- Interferon signaling in the nasal epithelium distinguishes among lethal and common cold respiratory viruses and is critical for viral clearance.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- A mammalian lung's immune system minimizes tissue damage by initiating five major sequential phases of defense.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2023Review
- Roles and Effects of Interferon Lambda Signaling in the Context of Bacterial Infections.Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research · 2023Review
- Cytokines as Biomarkers for Evaluating Physical Exercise in Trained and Non-Trained Individuals: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Reducing off-target drug accumulation by exploiting a type-III interferon response.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2023Article
19 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Interferon (IFN)-λ forms the type III IFN family. Although they signal through distinct receptors, type I (IFN-α/β) and type III IFNs elicit remarkably similar responses in cells. However, in vivo, type III and type I IFN responses are not fully redundant as their respective contribution to the antiviral defense highly depends on virus species. IFN-λ is much more potent than IFN-α/β at controlling rotavirus infection. In contrast, clearance of several other viruses, such as influenza virus, mostly depends on IFN-α/β. The IFN-λ receptor was reported to be preferentially expressed on epithelial cells. Cells responsible for IFN-λ production are still poorly characterized but seem to overlap only partly IFN-α/β-producing cells. Accumulating data suggest that epithelial cells are also important IFN-λ producers. Thus, IFN-λ may primarily act as a protection of mucosal entities, such as the lung, skin or digestive tract. Type I and type III IFN signal transduction pathways largely overlap, and cross talk between these IFN systems occurs. Finally, this review addresses the potential benefit of IFN-λ use for therapeutic purposes and summarizes recent results of genome-wide association studies that identified polymorphisms in the region of the IFN-λ3 gene impacting on the outcome of treatments against hepatitis C virus infection.
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