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. 1970 Oct 24;4(5729):210–212. doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5729.210

Antilymphocyte Serum and Tissue Culture Used to Investigate Role of Cell-mediated Response in Viral Encephalitis in Mice

G A W Rook, H E Webb
PMCID: PMC1819743  PMID: 5472783

Abstract

Antilymphocyte serum given to suppress selectively the cell response to Langat virus in Swiss albino mice prolonged the average survival times. In vitro, lymph-node cells from virus-immunized mice were strongly cytotoxic for syngenic non-neuronal brain cells infected with virus. The implications of these findings are discussed, with particular reference to the concept of autoimmunity.

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