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Infect Immun. 1974 August; 10(2): 409–410.
PMCID: PMC415015
Enhanced Interferon Response to Murine Leukemia Virus by Ascorbic Acid
Benjamin V. Siegel
1Department of Pathology, University of Oregon Medical School, Portland, Oregon 97201
Abstract
BALB/cJ mice, on an ad libitum regimen of 250 mg% l-ascorbate in their drinking water, displayed augmented levels of circulating interferon after stimulation with murine leukemia virus.
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