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Hilton B. Levy, PhD

Arch Intern Med. 1970;126(1):78-83.

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Several laboratories have reported that viral interference,¹ interferon,² and interferon inducers ^3,4 can inhibit the growth of oncogenic viruses in tissue culture,⁵ and can alter the course of murine leukemias in animals.^6,7 It has also been shown that the double-stranded RNA, polyriboinosinic: polyribocytidylic acid (poly I:C), which among other things is a good interferon inducer,⁸ inhibits the growth of a large variety of tumors in animals.^9-11 Finally, exogenous interferon also inhibits some transplanted tumors that were induced originally by chemical carcinogenesis and not by viruses.¹² The purpose of this review is to consider some of the factors involved in these tumor inhibitions. The variety of tumors inhibited by poly I:C is indicated in Table 1. In addition to those shown, carcinogenesis by dimethylbenzanthracine (DMBA) plus croton oil or DMBA alone is strongly inhibited by suitable administration of poly I:C.¹³

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Author Affiliations
Bethesda, Md

From the Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Md.

Footnotes
Received for publication Nov 11, 1969; accepted Jan 28, 1970.

Reprint requests to Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Md 20014 (Dr. Levy).

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