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High-throughput Quantitative Real-time RT-PCR Assay for Determining Expression Profiles of Types I and III Interferon Subtypes
Published on: March 24, 2015
Immune interferon: a pleiotropic lymphokine with multiple effects
1The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 36th Street Spruce, Philadelphia PA 19104, USA.
Abstract:
Immune (gamma) interferon (IFN-γ) is produced during an immune response by antigen-specific T cells and probably also by natural killer (NK) cells recruited by the T cell-product interleukin 2 (IL-2). IFN-γ was discovered and originally measured on the basis of its anti-viral activity, but its complex anti-cellular activities probably reflect its biological role more clearly. In this review, Giorgio Trinchieri and Bice Perussia discuss some aspects of the biology of IFN-γ, its pleiomorphic anti-cellular effects and its ability to modulate cellular responses to other regulatory factors.
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