Has antiviral, antibacterial and anticancer activities.
Gene References into Functions
IFNbeta activates neuronal PI3K/Akt signalling and Akt binds to transcription factor FoxA1 that translocates to the nucleus and induces PDL1. Conversely, inhibition of PI3K/Akt, FoxA1 and PDL1 blocked neuronal ability to generate FoxA1(+)Tregs.PMID:28436428
Macrophages activated by metabolic endotoxemia infiltrated into islets and produced IFNbeta, which induced beta-cell apoptosis by increasing the expression of Xaf1.PMID:29132171
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenger N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) prevented mitochondrial dysfunctions, type I IFN-stimulated transcript levels, inflammatory cell infiltrate, and muscle weakness in an experimental autoimmune myositis mouse model. Thus, these data highlight a central role of mitochondria and ROS in dermatomyositis .PMID:28623559
Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae DNA as a Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern Molecules triggered I-IFN response, which was STING/TBK1/IRF3 dependent.PMID:29421524
The Lipopolysaccharide and IFN-beta-mediated increase of STAT1 mRNA and protein levels was abrogated by chelation of Zn(2+) with the membrane permeable chelator N,N,N',N'-Tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine (TPEN) in RAW 264.7 macrophages.PMID:28965604
MAVS is essential for spontaneous high basal expression of IFN-beta in cardiac myocytes and the heart.PMID:28822807
Mycobacterium smegmatis induces higher Ifnb expression in macrophages than Mycobacterium avium subspecies.PMID:28422568
Chronic presence of IFN-I in the brain microenvironment, which negatively affects cognitive function, is mediated via modulation of microglial activity.PMID:28959042
In experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, IFN-beta inhibited downstream inflammatory cytokines through the inhibition of PI3K/AKT/NF-kappaB axis and p38, JNK-MAPK, as well as the regulation of mTOR complexes. Moreover, IFN-beta inhibited Th17 differentiation and influenced the acetylation of the Il17a and Opn gene promoters. IFN-beta plays a role in Th17 differentiation partly through the inhibition of OPN.PMID:29127843
This review briefly discusses the dysregulation of main T cell subpopulations in CNS autoimmunity and summarized the T cell targeted effects of endogenous and exogenous IFN-beta in health and EAE/MS, with emphasis on the direct actions of IFN-beta on each T cell subset involved in the disease.PMID:27033173
Rb selectively inhibits innate IFN-beta production by enhancing deacetylation of Ifnb1 promoter, exhibiting a previous unknown non-classical role in innate immunity, which also suggests a role of Rb in the regulation of type I IFN production in inflammatory or autoimmune diseases.PMID:27267461
The effect of topical TREX1 knockdown and local interferon production on HIV transmission in human cervicovaginal explants and humanized mice, is reported.PMID:27184854
The TBK1 Y179A mutant failed to rescue type I IFN production by virally infected RAW264.7 macrophages deficient in TBK1.PMID:28049762
The data demonstrate that an atypical TLR7 signaling pathway contributes to type interferon-beta expression during Y. pestis infection and suggest that the TLR7-driven type I IFN response plays an important role in determining the outcome of plague.PMID:28847850
Long-term exposure to atmospheric particulates, PM2.5 up-regulated H3K4 and H3K9 methylation in IL-6 and IFN-beta promoter regions through down-regulating Kdm6a expression. The results suggest that short-term exposure to PM2.5 significantly enhances the survival rate of influenza A-contaminated mice, while long-term PM2.5 inhalation lowers the capacity of pulmonary macrophages to secrete IL-6 and IFN-beta.PMID:28887033
Extracellular ATP reduces the replication of VSV, Newcastle disease virus, murine leukemia virus and HSV in vivo and in vitro through the P2X7 receptor; ATP increases IFN-beta expression. Mechanistically, ATP facilitates IFN-beta secretion through P38/JNK/ATF-2 signaling pathways, which are crucial in promoting antiviral immunity.PMID:28687662
study reports that mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein (MAVS), -mediated IFN-alpha/beta production and IFNAR signaling are required for alloimmune responses to the human K1 Ag in a murine model of inflammation-induced alloimmunizationPMID:28630094
study identifies a novel role for RIPK1 and RIPK3, a pair of homologous serine/threonine kinases previously implicated in the regulation of necroptosis and pathologic tissue injury, in directing IFN-beta production in macrophagesPMID:28461567
results suggest that, in addition to its well-known signaling activity, IFN-beta may be directly antimicrobial and be part of a growing family of cytokines and chemokines, called kinocidins, that also have antimicrobial properties.PMID:28411186
results show that resistance to HSV-1 in the trigeminal ganglia during acute infection is conferred in part by STING and IFN-alpha/beta signaling in both bone marrow-derived and -resident cells, which coalesce to support a robust HSV-1-specific CD8(+) T cell responsePMID:27511736
RIPK3 regulates type I IFN both transcriptionally, by interacting with MAVS and limiting RIPK1 interaction with MAVS, and post-transcriptionally.PMID:28410401
neddylation contributes to HSV-1-induced early phase IFN-beta production.PMID:27593482
Rubicon specifically interacts with the interferon regulatory factor (IRF) association domain (IAD) of IRF3, and this interaction leads to inhibition of the dimerization of IRF3, which negatively regulates interferon-mediated antiviral response.PMID:28468885
Translation arrest is further demonstrated to be key for anti-viral response by acting synergistically with MAVS activation to amplify TBK1 signaling and IFN-beta mRNA transcription, while GADD34-dependent protein synthesis recovery contributes to the heterogeneous expression of interferon observed in dsRNA-activated cells.PMID:28100675
The authors report that Raf kinase inhibitory protein (RKIP) is essential for TBK1 activation and type I interferon production triggered by viral infection.PMID:27753621
this study shows that paracrine type I IFN can profoundly enhance innate recognition and TLR2-dependent transcriptional responses to Francisella tularensis infection upstream of its role in inflammasome regulation in primary murine peritoneal macrophages but not murine bone marrow-derived macrophagesPMID:27231145
STAT2 recruits USP18 to the type I IFN receptor subunit IFNAR2 via its constitutive membrane-distal STAT2-binding site.PMID:28165510
In the exorbital lachrymal gland, the mRNA expression of IFN beta and IFN alpha (type I IFNs) was weak- to strong-positive at 1 days post inoculation (DPI), and became negative at 2DPI.PMID:27079771
TBK1 complexes required for the phosphorylation of IRF3 and the production of interferon-beta have been identified.PMID:28159912
The authors conclude that IFN-alphabeta is pathogenic during chronic Mycobacterium africanum infection and that the pathogenic effects may be mediated through poorer control of bacterial growth.PMID:27803172
IRF-1 and interferon-alpha with interferon-beta cooperate to control acute gammaherpesvirus infection.PMID:27795415
this study shows that endosomal signalling by Lactobacillus acidophilus that leads to IFN-beta production is inhibited by TLR stimulation from the plasma membranePMID:27441725
Truncated rabies virus phosphoprotein isoforms promote viral replication in muscle cells through their IFN-beta antagonist activities and thereby support infection of peripheral nerves.PMID:27384657
identify iNOS/NO as an integral component of IFN-beta production in response to dsRNA in hepatocytes in a pathway that involves the coordinated activities of TLR3/Trif and PKRPMID:27226571
Data show that using adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AD-MSCs) expressing interferon-beta (IFN-beta) as an anti-inflammatory agent, offer evidence supporting that the stem cell therapies in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) may improve the valuable effects of IFN-beta in the autoimmune disease.PMID:27373971
NLRX1 was observed to reduce interferon beta and cytokines in response to HIV-1 reverse-transcribed DNA.PMID:27078069
This study establishes IL-1beta and IFN-I levels as key homeostatic variables of protective, yet tuned, immune responses against severe invasive bacterial infection.PMID:26962946
Type I IFN Does Not Promote Susceptibility to Foodborne Listeria monocytogenesPMID:26895837
Results suggest that the lack of autocrine response to interferon-betaI by the host cell may be one mechanism for maintenance of respiratory syncytial virus persistence.PMID:26501312
TRIM33 deficiency results in high expression of Ifnb1 at late stages of macrophages activation.PMID:26592194
Inhibition of PI3K or Akt abrogated the ability of Syk deficiency to enhance IFNbeta and IL-10 in Syk deficient cellsPMID:26708990
IFN-beta significantly attenuated the progression of liver fibrosis, with accompanying transcriptional downregulation of the TLR4 adaptor molecule MyD88.PMID:25715168
Thus, despite their use of the same receptor, IFNbeta and IFNalpha have unique and distinguishable biologic functions, with IFNbeta being mainly responsible for promoting lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus persistence.PMID:25974304
Mice lacking Ifnb function exhibited motor and cognitive learning impairments with accompanying alpha-synuclein-containing Lewy bodies in the brain, as well as a reduction in dopaminergic neurons and defective dopamine signaling in the nigrostriatal region.PMID:26451483
Data show that interferon beta knockout IFN-beta(-/-) mice exhibit greater resistance to Salmonella typhimurium infection.PMID:26202980
results indicate that Lyn plays a positive regulatory role in RIG-I-mediated interferon expression as a downstream component of IPS-1PMID:25585356
Data show that decreased type I interferon gene expression in T cell subsets of human CASP8 and FADD-like apoptosis regulating protein c-FLIPS transgenic female mice.PMID:24816846
Data suggest that Brd4 (bromodomain containing 4) is essential for Toll-like receptor-stimulated interferon-beta (Ifnb) gene transcription by permitting transcription factors to interact with the Ifnb promoter in macrophages.PMID:25891802
PP1 directly interacts with IRF3 and dephosphorylates IRF3 at Ser385 and Ser396, resulting in the suppression of TLR- and RLR-triggered IFN-beta production.PMID:25239187
Interferons alpha and beta control propagation of long interspersed element-1.PMID:25716322