IL27 and infection: In our previous work, we demonstrated that macrophages differentiated from monocytes in the presence of IL-27 (IL-27-induced macrophages: I-Mac) resist infection of HIV-1, HIV-2, Influenza virus, and Herpes simplex virus, and produced 6-fold higher levels of ROS production upon PMA stimulation than M-CSF-induced macrophages (M-Mac) upon stimulation32.