MuHV-4 manipulates the IFNs signaling network in a strain-dependent manner.
MuHV-4 degrades type I but not type III IFN receptor in early stages of infection.
Type III IFNs are important for epithelial cells defense in early MuHV-4 infection.
IFN-β is the predominant type I IFN in NMuMG cells.
NMuMG cells are an appropriate in vitro model to study IFN-I and IFN-III signaling.