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In this study, we demonstrate that the application of low, but not of high doses of IFN-\u03b2 protects 60 or 100% of BALB\/c mice from progressive cutaneous and fatal visceral disease after infection with a high (106) or low (104) number of Leishmania major parasites, respectively. IFN-\u03b2 treatment of BALB\/c mice restored the NK cell cytotoxic activity, increased the lymphocyte proliferation, and augmented the production of IFN-\u03b3 and IL-12 in the draining lymph node. Low, but not high doses of IFN-\u03b2 caused enhanced tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT1 and STAT4, suppressed the levels of suppressor of cytokine signaling-1, and up-regulated the expression of inducible NO synthase in vivo. The IFN-\u03b2-induced increase of IFN-\u03b3 production was dependent on STAT4. Protection by IFN-\u03b2 strictly required the presence of inducible NO synthase. In the absence of STAT4 or IL-12, IFN-\u03b2 led to an amelioration of the cutaneous and visceral disease, but was unable to prevent its progression. 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