Given that IL-33 is a potent driver of asthmatic ILC2 and Th2 responses, and we found that knockdown of IRF7 results in upregulation of IL-33, this suggests the hypothesis that promoting IRF7 responses during asthma exacerbations may have a dual beneficial effect of increasing antiviral immunity and supressing IL-33 responses. The gene discussed is IL33; the disease is asthma.