Abstract
In 1965 Wheelock identified IFN--/ as a new soluble substance produced by activated T cells that inhibited viral replication in fibroblasts [ I ] . This seminal observation led to the explosive research on lymphocyte mediated activators during various aspects of the cellular immune response [2-71, and was followed in 1976 by the discovery of IL-2 by Morgan et al. [S]. IL-2 was discovered as a secreted product of T cells activated by a polyclonal mitogen, phytohemagglutinin (PHA), that stimulated the proliferation of
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