Interferons (IFNs) — the body's first line of antiviral defence — are cytokines that are secreted by host cells in response to virus infection. By inducing the expression of hundreds of IFN-stimulated ...
Upon infection by viruses, mammals (including humans) react by producing interferons (IFNs), which induce an antiviral state in infected and yet-uninfected cells to block viral replication and spread ...