Interferon beta
BE0000926ProteinHumansIFNB1
Type I interferon cytokine that plays a key role in the innate immune response to infection, developing tumors and other inflammatory stimuli (PubMed:10049744, PubMed:10556041, PubMed:6157094, PubMed:6171735, PubMed:7665574, PubMed:8027027, PubMed:8969169). It is acted on by 4 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- IFNB1
- UniProtKB entry
- P01574Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Secreted
- Residues / weight
- 187 residues · 22,294 Da
- Also known as
- Fibroblast interferon · IFB · IFN-beta · IFNB
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Structure
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Interferon beta, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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