Sentences with phrase «interferon production»

Moreover, she hasn't fallen nearly as ill from other viruses, suggesting her lack of IRF7 - dependent interferon production may not leave her vulnerable to viruses overall — a situation the researchers say they have also noted with other mutations that underlie infectious disease.

«Surprisingly, we found that although HIV inhibits interferon production it also stimulates more than twenty antiviral interferon - stimulated genes — or ISGs — in its key target cells.

«When interferon production is inhibited, the virus infects adjacent cells and spreads throughout the body.

The findings, published in the Journal of Virology, show how HIV induces antiviral interferon stimulated genes in the absence of interferon production.

Type I interferon production enhances susceptibility to Listeria monocytogenes infection.

iTeos has focused its «cold» tumors strategy on reactivating type - 1 interferon production within tumor cells and tumor - associated APC.

In humans, a topically applied immune - modifying agent that stimulates interferon production has successfully been used to treat papilloma virus lesions.

Stress depresses interferon production by leukocytes concomitant with a decrease in natural killer cell activity

That could provide more understanding of miscarriage generally; other infections that cause congenital diseases, like toxoplasmosis and rubella; and autoimmune disorders that feature excessive type I interferon production, such as lupus, she says.

«When a person is infected with HIV, the virus infects immune cells and knocks out the body's interferon production; the first line of defence in our bodies.