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ABSTRACT. Blood mononuclear cells from newborns and from adults, immune or nonimmune to herpes simplex virus, were cultured with IL 2 and herpes simplex virus and the amount of γ-interferon in the supernatant measured after 3 days. The newborn and nonimmune adult cells made equivalent trace amounts of γ-interferon in cultures containing either herpes simplex virus or IL 2 alone and there was a 5- to 10-fold increase in cultures containing both. Experiments in which the Leu 11+ cells were either depleted or enriched suggest that this subset of natural killer cells is both necessary and sufficient for γ-interferon production in the absence of immune T cells.
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Hayward, A., Herberger, M. & Saunders, D. Herpes Simplex Virus-Stimulated γ-Interferon Production by Newborn Mononuclear Cells. Pediatr Res 20, 398–401 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198605000-00004
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198605000-00004