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"In the current study, for the first time, we demonstrated that ISG15 and USP18 protein levels are increased in HCV infected PHHs and IFN-lambda4-expressing or -treated cells and that ISG15 and USP18 proteins mediate IFN-alpha unresponsiveness in IFN-lambda4-expressing or -treated cells."
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"The IFN-α signal-blocking activity of USP18 is mediated by the binding of USP18 to the intracellular domain of IFNAR2, which prevents the binding of JAK1 to IFNAR227.Our group recently found that prolonged stimulation of IFN-λ3 induces the robust and sustained upregulation of ISG15 that stabilizes the USP18 protein and causes the unresponsiveness to exogenous IFN-α treatment10."