IFNA1 and liver disorder: This result was not unexpected due to the well known impairment of phagocytosis observed in patients with advanced liver disease [11], and 2) There was a significant decline in B-R and P-R in monocytes (but not in neutrophils) after the incubation of blood from cirrhotic patients with 2 different concentrations of IFN that were not observed after the addition of a PI, which confirm the in vivo results.