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Age distribution of circulating alpha-interferon
S Shiozawa1, K Shiozawa, S Shimizu
1Department of Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
Experientia
|August 15, 1989
Abstract:
A sensitive radioimmunoassay showed that circulating alpha-interferon in the plasma of healthy individuals was low in children and reached the highest level in the young adult, then declined gradually with age. Circulating alpha-interferon was 0.201 +/- 0.059 ng/ml in males (n = 19) and 0.184 +/- 0.076 ng/ml in females (n = 14) at ages 30-39 years old. It was noted that circulating alpha-interferon was maintained up to a certain level even in elderly individuals.