Rabbit kidney cell monolayers infected with herpes simplex virus (HSV) were incubated with leukocytes from rabbits immunized with complete Freund's adjuvant. When the leukocytes were exposed to tuberculin purified protein derivative (PPD), viral replication and plaque formation were markedly inhibited. Similarly, when leukocytes from animals immunized with HSV were exposed to UV-inactivated HSV, viral replication was markedly inhibited. Exposure of leukocytes from unimmunized animals or animals immunized with incomplete Freund's adjuvant to UV-inactivated virus or PPD produced relatively little inhibition of viral replication. Examination of supernatant fluids from stimulated cultures revealed a soluble mediator that had the properties of interferon. Interferon production was detected within several hours after exposure of sensitized leukocytes to antigen. Supernatant fluids from as few as one sensitized leukocyte per 200 rabbit kidney cells inhibited HSV replication by over 90%. These findings support the concept that the cellular immune response to HSV consists of two phases: an immunologically specific antigen recognition phase, and a nonspecific effector phase that stops HSV spread by generating interferon.
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September 01 1974
CELLULAR IMMUNITY TO HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS MEDIATED BY INTERFERON
Donald L. Lodmell,
Donald L. Lodmell
From the Rocky Mountain Laboratory, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana 59840, and the Laboratory of Oral Medicine, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014
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Abner Louis Notkins
Abner Louis Notkins
From the Rocky Mountain Laboratory, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana 59840, and the Laboratory of Oral Medicine, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014
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Donald L. Lodmell
From the Rocky Mountain Laboratory, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana 59840, and the Laboratory of Oral Medicine, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014
Abner Louis Notkins
From the Rocky Mountain Laboratory, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana 59840, and the Laboratory of Oral Medicine, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014
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June 17 1974
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
Copyright © 1974 by The Rockefeller University Press
1974
J Exp Med (1974) 140 (3): 764–778.
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June 17 1974
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Donald L. Lodmell, Abner Louis Notkins; CELLULAR IMMUNITY TO HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS MEDIATED BY INTERFERON . J Exp Med 1 September 1974; 140 (3): 764–778. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.140.3.764
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