IFNB1 and cytomegalovirus infection: Here, we identified four and a half LIM domains protein 2 (FHL2) as an interacting protein of the Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) replication-related protein UL84 and determined that FHL2 plays an architectural role in enhancing the transcription of IFN-β induced by HCMV infection and many other viruses.