Heterospecific antiviral activity of human interferon on guinea pig endothelial cells

Christofinis, G.J.

Developments in Biological Standardization 46: 193-196

1980


ISSN/ISBN: 0301-5149
PMID: 6154001
Document Number: 154578
Human lymphoblastoid interferon has high antiviral activity on guinea pig endothelial cells. Guinea pig interferon prepared in guinea pig endothelial cells protected guinea pig cells but did not give antiviral protection to human or to monkey cells. In this case, as in many others, the phenomenon is of one way crossing of the species barrier from the higher to the lower.

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