Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.2.0)
Enables cytokine activity. Involved in regulation of defense response to virus by host and type I interferon-mediated signaling pathway. Acts upstream of or within T cell activation involved in immune response and defense response to other organism. Located in extracellular space. Is expressed in embryo. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever; common cold; liver disease (multiple); and sarcoidosis. Orthologous to several human genes including IFNA1 (interferon alpha 1); IFNA13 (interferon alpha 13); and IFNA14 (interferon alpha 14).
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