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Approved Symbol Approved Name Previous Symbols Aliases Chromosome Accession Numbers RefSeq IDs
IFN1@ interferon, type 1, cluster IFNA   9p22    
IFNA1 interferon, alpha 1   IFNA@, IFL, IFN, IFN-ALPHA, IFNA13 9p22   NM_024013
IFNA2 interferon, alpha 2   IFNA 9p22   NM_000605
IFNA4 interferon, alpha 4   MGC142200 9p22   NM_021068
IFNA5 interferon, alpha 5     9p22   NM_002169
IFNA6 interferon, alpha 6     9p22   NM_021002
IFNA7 interferon, alpha 7   IFNA-J 9p22   NM_021057
IFNA8 interferon, alpha 8     9p22   NM_002170
IFNA10 interferon, alpha 10     9p22   NM_002171
IFNA13 interferon, alpha 13     9p22   NM_006900
IFNA14 interferon, alpha 14   LEIF2H 9p22   NM_002172
IFNA16 interferon, alpha 16     9p22   NM_002173
IFNA17 interferon, alpha 17   LEIF2C1 9p22   NM_021268
IFNA21 interferon, alpha 21     9p22   NM_002175
IFNAP22 interferon, alpha pseudogene 22     9p22 V00539  
IFNAR1 interferon (alpha, beta and omega) receptor 1 IFNAR IFRC 21q22.1    
IFNAR2 interferon (alpha, beta and omega) receptor 2 IFNABR   21q22.1    
IFNB1 interferon, beta 1, fibroblast IFNB IFB, IFF 9p22   NM_002176
IFNG interferon, gamma     12q14    
IFNGR1 interferon gamma receptor 1 IFNGR CD119 6q23-q24    
IFNGR2 interferon gamma receptor 2 (interferon gamma transducer 1) IFNGT1 AF-1 21q22.1    
IFNK interferon, kappa     9p21.2 AF384048 NM_020124
IFNNP1 interferon, nu 1 (pseudogene)     9q21 AL390882  
IFNP11 interferon pseudogene 11     reserved    
IFNP12 interferon pseudogene 12     reserved    
IFNP20 interferon pseudogene 20     reserved    
IFNP23 interferon pseudogene 23     reserved    
IFNP24 interferon pseudogene 24     9p22    
IFNR interferon production regulator     16    
IFNW1 interferon, omega 1     9p22   NM_002177
IFNWP2 interferon, omega 2 (pseudogene)     reserved    
IFNWP4 interferon, omega 4 (pseudogene)     reserved    
IFNWP5 interferon, omega 5 (pseudogene)     reserved    
IFNWP9 interferon, omega 9 (pseudogene)     9p22    
IFNWP15 interferon, omega 15 (pseudogene)     9p22   NG_001150
IFNWP18 interferon, omega 18 (pseudogene)   pseudo-IFN-alpha-m 9p22 V00531  
IFNWP19 interferon, omega 19 (pseudogene)     9p22    
IL6 interleukin 6 (interferon, beta 2) IFNB2 IL-6, BSF2, HGF, HSF 7p21-p15 M18403  

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