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Abstract
Recombinant bovine interferon-alpha and -gamma differ in their action against influenza virus on bovine cells. Bovine IFN-alpha severely impairs early protein synthesis and replication of influenza virus in bovine cells in contrast to bovine IFN-gamma which fails to induce an antiviral state against influenza virus. Otherwise the IFN system seems to function normally in bovine cells since both bovine IFN-alpha and -gamma induce an antiviral state against vesicular stomatitis virus. The establishment of the specific antiviral state against influenza virus correlates with the induction by bovine IFN-alpha, but not -gamma, of two cytoplasmic proteins related to the IFN-induced mouse protein Mx involved in the mechanism of resistance of mice to influenza virus infection. This study suggests that bovines possess a system for resistance to influenza virus similar to the mouse Mx system.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 2827376 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(88)90407-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Virology ISSN: 0042-6822 Impact factor: 3.616