title: Fifty years of interferon research: aiming at a moving target.
abstract: Nearly half a century has passed since the first published description of interferons (IFNs). This commentary introduces the four accompanying review articles on type I IFN research and attempts to relate how the field of IFN research has been changing during its history.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA. jan.vilcek@med.nyu.edu
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vilcek
mesh_terms: D000486:Allergy and Immunology / Q000266:history*; D000818:Animals; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007372:Interferons / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D007372:Interferons