Interferon

has 8 synonyms ↓

• Gamma interferon
• IFNs
• Interferon type i
• Interferon type ii
• Interferon-alpha
• Interferons
• Pegylated Interferon alpha
• Recombinant interferon-gamma
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1. are natural proteins produced by the cells of the immune system of most vertebrates in response to challenges by foreign agents such as viruses, parasites and tumor cells

   

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2. § also marketed in India as Reliferon , a product of Reliance Biopharmaceuticals

   form pharmaceutical

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3. belong to the large class of glycoproteins known as cytokines

   

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4. are produced by a wide variety of cells in response to the presence of double-stranded RNA, a key indicator of viral infection

   

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5. assist the immune response by inhibiting viral replication within host cells, activating natural killer cells and macrophages, increasing antigen presentation to lymphocytes, and inducing the resistance of host cells to viral infection

   

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6. 

   Three vials filled with human leukocyte interferon

   

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7. When the antigen is presented to matching T and B cells, those cells multiply and strategically and specifically wipe out the foreign substance

   

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8. While there is evidence to suggest other signaling mechanisms exist, the JAK-STAT signaling pathway is the best-characterised and commonly accepted IFN signaling pathway

   pathway signaling

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9. in general have several effects in common

   function natural

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10. All classes of interferon are very important in fighting RNA virus infections

    induction viral

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11. In a study of the blocking of interferon (IFN) by the Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV), a group of researchers infected human recombinant IFN-alpha with JEV, DEN-2, and PL406, which are all viruses, and found that some viruses have manifested method

    resistance virus

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12. Just as their natural function, interferons have antiviral, antiseptic and antioncogenic properties when administered as drugs

    pharmaceutical

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13. While aiming to develop an improved vaccine for smallpox, two Japanese virologists, Yasu-ichi Nagano and Yasuhiko Kojima working at the Institute for Infectious Diseases at the University of Tokyo, noticed that rabbit-skin or testis previously inocul

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