Antibody inhibition of a viral type 1 interferon decoy receptor cures a viral disease by restoring interferon signaling in the liver.

Type 1 interferons (T1-IFNs) play a major role in antiviral defense, but when or how they protect during infections that spread through the lympho-hematogenous route is not known. Orthopoxviruses, including those that produce smallpox and mousepox, spread lympho-hematogenously. They also encode a de...

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Main Authors: Ren-Huan Xu, Daniel Rubio, Felicia Roscoe, Tracy E Krouse, Mary Ellen Truckenmiller, Christopher C Norbury, Paul N Hudson, Inger K Damon, Antonio Alcamí, Luis J Sigal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3252373?pdf=render