Chemicals and Drugs

Antiviral Restriction Factors

A broad category of endogenous host cellular factors upregulated in response to pathogens (i.e., INTERFERON-stimulated genes) and recruited to interfere with VIRAL REPLICATION and/or trigger host antiviral CELLULAR IMMUNE RESPONSE.

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Abstract

A broad category of endogenous host cellular factors upregulated in response to pathogens (i.e., INTERFERON-stimulated genes) and recruited to interfere with VIRAL REPLICATION and/or trigger host antiviral CELLULAR IMMUNE RESPONSE.

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  • Antiviral Effectors
  • Cellular Restriction Factors
  • Host Cell Restriction Factors
  • Restriction Factors, Antiviral

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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2022

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  1. D12.776w.066

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Antiviral Restriction Factors. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000090103. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000090103
  2. Antiviral Restriction Factors. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112124301