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Description

Beta interferon is a recombinant protein which is chemically identical to or similar to endogenous interferon beta with antiviral and anti-tumor activities. Endogenous interferons beta are cytokines produced by nucleated cells (predominantly natural killer cells) upon exposure to live or inactivated virus, double-stranded RNA or bacterial products. These agents bind to specific cell-surface receptors, resulting in the transcription and translation of genes with an interferon-specific response element. The proteins so produced mediate many complex effects, including antiviral (the most important being inhibition of viral protein synthesis), antiproliferative and immune modulating effects. The recombinant therapeutic forms of interferon beta are interferon beta 1-a and interferon beta 1-b. Source: National Cancer Institute, Beta interferon

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Interferon beta
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2000-05-04
Construct for LOINC Short Name
IFN-B

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 干扰素.beta
Synonyms: beta 干扰素;B-IFN;B-IFN 1A+1B;INF-B;β干扰素;干扰素 beta;干扰素.β;干扰素β
fr-CA French (Canada) Interféron.bêta
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Beetainterferoon
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Interferon beta
it-IT Italian (Italy) Interferone.beta
Synonyms: Interferone beta
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) İnterferon.beta
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Интерферон.бета
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) interferon.bèta
fr-BE French (Belgium) Interféron.béta
Synonyms: If.béta