| Literature DB >> 15731279 |
Michael D Robek1, Bryan S Boyd, Francis V Chisari.
Abstract
Lambda interferon (IFN-lambda) induces an intracellular IFN-alpha/beta-like antiviral response through a receptor complex distinct from the IFN-alpha/beta receptor. We therefore determined the ability of IFN-lambda to inhibit hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication. IFN-lambda inhibits HBV replication in a differentiated murine hepatocyte cell line with kinetics and efficiency similar to IFN-alpha/beta and does not require the expression of IFN-alpha/beta or IFN-gamma. Furthermore, IFN-lambda blocked the replication of a subgenomic and a full-length genomic HCV replicon in human hepatocyte Huh7 cells. These results suggest the possibility that IFN-lambda may be therapeutically useful in the treatment of chronic HBV or HCV infection.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15731279 PMCID: PMC1075734 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.6.3851-3854.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103