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A comparative study of interferon (IFN) production (type-α and γ) was carried out using Ficoll-hypaque purified fresh and cryopreserved mononuclear cells from eight normal healthy individuals. Newcastle disease virus-NDV (R2B strain) was used as an inducer for type-α and Staphylococcal enterotoxin-A-(SEA) for type-γIFN production. There was no significant difference between the titres of type-α and γ-IFN and lymphocyte subpopulations of fresh and cryopreserved mononuclear cells studied under identical conditions.
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Banerjea, A.C., Kedarnath, N., Gore, M.M. et al. Interferon (type-α and γ) production by fresh and cryopreserved human mononuclear cells. Archives of Virology 69, 91–94 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01315269
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