"Interferons" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Proteins secreted by vertebrate cells in response to a wide variety of inducers. They confer resistance against many different viruses, inhibit proliferation of normal and malignant cells, impede multiplication of intracellular parasites, enhance macrophage and granulocyte phagocytosis, augment natural killer cell activity, and show several other immunomodulatory functions.
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D007372
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.374.440 D12.644.276.718 D12.776.467.374.440 D12.776.467.718 D23.529.374.440 D23.529.718
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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