IFNLR1 and influenza: In this context, zinc has been shown to interferewith cytokine IFN-λ3 binding to interferon lambda receptor 1(IFNLR1), which decreased antiviral activity and leads to increasedviral replication in cells infected with influenza or hepatitis Cvirus.787 Thus, zinc chelation representsan interesting strategy to target chronic diseases linked to viralinfection.