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Type I and Type III Interferons – Induction, Signaling, Evasion, and Application to Combat COVID-19

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Park, Annsea, Iwasaki, Akiko·2020·Cell Host & Microbe

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Without approved antiviral therapeutics or vaccines to this ongoing global threat, type I and type III interferons (IFNs) are currently being evaluated for their efficacy. Both the role of IFNs and the use of recombinant IFNs in two related, highly pathogenic coronaviruses, SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, have been controversial in terms of their protective effects in the host. In this review, we describe the recent progress in our understanding of both type I and type III IFN-mediated innate antiviral responses against human coronaviruses and discuss the potential use of IFNs as a treatment strategy for COVID-19.

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Authors
Park, A., & Iwasaki, A.
Affiliations
  • Yale University (US)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Iwasaki, Akiko
Venue
Cell Host & Microbe
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-06
Volume
27
Issue
6
Pages
870-878
ISSN
1931-3128 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3030537287
Cited by
909
References
72
Citations by year
2026: 31 · 2025: 74 · 2024: 94 · 2023: 112 · 2022: 186 · 2021: 288 · 2020: 124
FWCI
17.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell Host & Microbe (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (1R01AI127429, 1R01NS111242, 2U19AI089992, 75N93019C00051)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation
  • George Mason University
  • Ludwig Family Foundation
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › interferon and immune responses
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
Keywords
type I interferon, interferon lambda, interferon signaling, interferon induction, viral evasion of interferon, antiviral innate immunity, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, recombinant interferon therapy, human coronaviruses
MeSH terms
Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Interferon Lambda, Animals, Antiviral Agents, Humans, Interferon Type I, Interferons, Pneumonia, Viral, Recombinant Proteins, Signal Transduction, Coronavirus Infections, Immune Evasion, Pandemics

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