Produced by macrophages, IFN-alpha have antiviral activities. Interferon stimulates the production of two enzymes: a protein kinase and an oligoadenylate synthetase.
Gene References into Functions
These findings also identify STAT3 as a therapeutic target against viral infection and highlight it as an essential pathway component for endogenous and therapeutic IFN-alpha responsiveness.PMID:27988795
the close association between the increased proportion of CD180-negative B cells and the activation of IFN-alpha signaling in Systemic lupus erythematosus, is reported.PMID:26277892
IL-12 and IFN-alpha differentially program CD8 T cells to re-express distinct levels of PD-1 upon re-encountering Ag, resulting in IL-12-stimulated cells being less susceptible to exhaustion in the face of sustained tumor Ag.PMID:23804712
The expansion of CD8 T cells depends on type I IFN, type I IFN and IL-12 or is largely independent of the two cytokines.PMID:22815848
A spontaneous genomic duplication and frameshift mutation in the guanine exchange factor dedicator of cytokinesis 2 (Dock2) that has arisen in at least a subset of circulating Irf5(-/-) mice and inadvertently been bred to homozygosity.PMID:22431588
Knockdown of endogenous guanylate binding protein (GBP)4 increases IRF7-mediated IFN-alpha production, whereas overexpression of GBP4 has the opposite effect.PMID:22095711
protects against antigen-induced arthritisPMID:21469099
Data show that similar T cell expansion and serum IgG responses were observed in adenovirus (Adv)-IFN-treated WT and BAFF-deficient mice despite their disparate pathological and clinical responses.PMID:21383240
Studies in both mice and humans have demonstrated a role for IFN-alpha/beta in directly influencing the fate of both CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells during the initial phases of antigen recognition.PMID:21320124
IFN-alpha enhances both the induction and maintenance of programmed cell death (PD)-1 expression on T cell receptor-engaged primary mouse T cells through association of IFN-responsive factor 9 (IRF9) with the IFN stimulation response element.PMID:21263073
This article reports the production of interferon alpha/beta (IFN-alpha/beta) by SJL/J mouse brain astrocyte cultures infected with Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV).PMID:20038206
TLR ligands facilitate antibody response by inducing type I interferon (IFN), which in turn elicits rapid and significant amounts of antigen-specific IgG2c.PMID:20566717
These results demonstrate that mouse hepatitis virus is recognized by both RIG-I and MDA5 and induces IFN-alpha/beta through the activation of the IRF-3 signaling pathway.PMID:20427526
Sufficient IFN-alpha production by plasmacytoid dentritic cells is an important determinant of vaccine efficacy.PMID:20065291
B cell-mediated type I IFN induction depended on the transcription factor IRF3.PMID:17925397
The involvement of IRF1 and IRF2 in TLR2-mediated responses, was studied.PMID:18652890
Report that tumor-targeted interferon-alpha1 delivery by Tie2-expressing monocytes inhibits tumor growth and metastasis.PMID:18835032
It is likely that IFN-alpha plays a complex role in the etiology of type 1 diabetes.PMID:19120292
Collectively, these findings demonstrate that constitutive and LPS-induced type I IFN play significant roles in regulating the differences in phenotype and function between BMM and GM-BMM.PMID:19406830
Recombinant IFN-alpha treatment promotes monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, MCP-5, and, to a lesser extent, MCP-3 production in the bone marrow during murocytomegalovirus infection.PMID:19620305