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Lack of correspondence between virus-induced human leukocyte interferon and concanavalin A-induced human migration inhibitory factor (MIF)

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Virus-induced human leukocyte interferon did not contain demonstrable MIF activity and MIF-rich fractions produced by concanavalin A stimulation of human lymphocytes lacked interferon activity.

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  1. L. -H. Block

    Present address: Department of Pathology, Yale University, School of Medicine, 06510, New Haven, CT, USA

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  1. Sandoz Forschungsinstitut für Biochemie, Wien, Austria

    L. -H. Block

  2. Central Public Health Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland

    K. Cantell

  3. Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, München, Martinried, Germany

    S. Bamberger & G. Ruhenstroth-Bauer

  4. Radiumhemmet, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

    H. Strander

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Block, L.H., Cantell, K., Bamberger, S. et al. Lack of correspondence between virus-induced human leukocyte interferon and concanavalin A-induced human migration inhibitory factor (MIF). Archives of Virology 56, 341–343 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01315285

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