Open AccessReply to Hasenkrug et al., “Different Biological Activities of Specific Interferon Alpha Subtypes”
Author(s) -
Erika Schlaepfer,
Audrey Fahrny,
Maarja Gruenbach,
Stefan P. Kuster,
Viviana Simon,
Gideon Schreiber,
Roberto F. Speck
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
msphere
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.749
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 2379-5042
DOI - 10.1128/msphere.00275-19
Subject(s) - alpha interferon , alpha (finance) , computational biology , biology , interferon , medicine , immunology , clinical psychology , construct validity , psychometrics
We appreciate the reply by Hasenkrug et al. The basic issue we addressed in our paper was whether the differences between the different interferon alpha (IFN-α) subtypes are quantitative or qualitative. In our paper, we noted that all of the IFN-α subtypes are able to inhibit HIV replication in
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