Interferonogenicity and antigen recognition

Svet-Moldavsky, G.J.; Nemirovskaya, B.M.; Osipova, T.V.

Nature 247(5438): 205-206

1974


ISSN/ISBN: 0028-0836
PMID: 4810426
Document Number: 76537
Experiments in mice showed that interferon production was induced by cell and substances recognisable as 'non-self' but not by those recognisable as 'self'. The quantities of interferon produced after injection of various antigens were different. It is susggested that antigen induces interferon production in cells involved in the first stage of the immune response.

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