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Interferon lambda protects the female reproductive tract against Zika virus infection

Although Zika virus (ZIKV) can be transmitted sexually and cause congenital birth defects, immune control mechanisms in the female reproductive tract (FRT) are not well characterized. Here we show that treatment of primary human vaginal and cervical epithelial cells with interferon (IFN)-α/β or IFN-...

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Autores principales: Caine, Elizabeth A., Scheaffer, Suzanne M., Arora, Nitin, Zaitsev, Konstantin, Artyomov, Maxim N., Coyne, Carolyn B., Moley, Kelle H., Diamond, Michael S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6336786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30655513
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07993-2