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. 1966 May 1;123(5):767–775. doi: 10.1084/jem.123.5.767

THE INFLUENCE OF CORTISONE ON EXPERIMENTAL VIRAL INFECTION

VIII. SUPPRESSION BY CORTISONE OF INTERFERON FORMATION IN MICE INJECTED WITH NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS

Michael W Rytel 1, Edwin D Kilbourne 1
PMCID: PMC2138168  PMID: 5938813

Abstract

The administration, of 5.0 mg of cortisone 6 to 24 hr prior to the intravenous injection of mice with NDV was associated with a marked reduction in the interferon response as measured in serum and spleen. Reduced concentrations of interferon following cortisone pretreatment were demonstrable from 6 to 16 hr following injection of virus.

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