MeSH note : an IFN-lamda protein and also a cytokine; together with IL-29 induces the phosphorylation
of STAT1 and STAT3; overexpression of SOCS-1 suppresses IL-28A and IL-29-induced STAT1/3
phosphorylation; distantly related to type I interferons and the IL-10 family; induced
by viral infection and may have antiviral activity; RefSeq NM_172138;