Influenza virus activation of the interferon system
Date
2015Metadata
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The host interferon (IFN) response represents one of the first barriers that influenza viruses must surmount in order to establish an infection. Many advances have been made in recent years in understanding the interactions between influenza viruses and the interferon system. In this review, we summarise recent work regarding activation of the type I IFN response by influenza viruses, including attempts to identify the viral RNA responsible for IFN induction, the stage of the virus life cycle at which it is generated and the role of defective viruses in this process.
Citation
Killip , M J , Fodor , E & Randall , R E 2015 , ' Influenza virus activation of the interferon system ' , Virus Research . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2015.02.003
Publication
Virus Research
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0168-1702Type
Journal article
Rights
© 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Description
This study was supported by the Wellcome Trust (grant number 087751/A/08/Z) and the Medical Research Council (grant number G0700848).Collections
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