THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ASPECTS OF THE INTERFERON SYSTEM: TO THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF INTERFERONS
The review contains a brief analysis of the 60-year history of the discovery, study and medical application of interferons, a new group of remarkable proteins that have found wide medical application in the therapy of virological, oncological, neurological, ophthalmic and other pathologies. Modern data on the classification of interferons and the mechanisms of their action are given. Particular attention is paid to the clinical use of medications of interferon and its inducers.