title: IL-7 knocks the socs off chronic viral infection.
abstract: Chronic viral infections represent a major burden to human health, and modulation of the immune system is emerging as a novel approach to fighting such infections. Pellegrini et al. (2011) demonstrate that treatment with the cytokine IL-7 may reinvigorate the immune response to persistent infection by targeting immunosuppressive Socs3 proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
authors.forename: Ian A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Parish
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kaech