IFNG and infection: Data has indicated that in patients with symptomatic AHB type I interferons (IFNs-I), IL-15, and IFN-γ are not appropriately induced in response to the infection, but they found that in the early stages of AHB, there is induction of IL-10, and its surge accompanies the temporary inhibition of NK cells (at the peak of viremia) and T cell responses [88].