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Common pathways of interferon and hormonal action

J E Blalock, J D Stanton

    Nature
    |January 24, 1980
    PubMed
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    Interferon and hormones share common cell pathways, influencing each other

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    Area of Science:

    • Cellular biology
    • Immunology
    • Endocrinology

    Background:

    • Interferon and polypeptide hormones exhibit transmissible actions between cells.
    • Similarities suggest a shared cellular pathway for their biological effects.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the hypothesis of a common cellular pathway for interferon and hormonal action.
    • To determine if interferon elicits species-specific hormonal responses and hormones induce tissue-specific antiviral activity.

    Main Methods:

    • Examined interferon-induced hormonal responses in cultured mouse myocardial cells.
    • Assessed hormone-induced antiviral states in different cell types (mouse myocardial and human amnion cells).
    • Utilized co-culture systems to study transmissible effects between cells.

    Main Results:

    • Interferon induced a species-specific hormonal response, stimulating mouse myocardial cell beat frequency.
    • Noradrenaline, a hormone, induced an interferon-like antiviral state in mouse myocardial cells but not human cells.
    • Transmissible antiviral activity was observed between co-cultured mouse and human cells.

    Conclusions:

    • Findings strongly support common, transmissible pathways for interferon and hormonal stimulation.
    • Suggests a unified mechanism for cellular responses to both interferons and hormones.

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