Brier AM, Snyderman R, Mergenhagen SE, Notkins AL. Inflammation and herpes simplex virus: release of a chemotaxis-generating factor from infected cells.
Science 1970;
170:1104-6. [PMID:
4319925 DOI:
10.1126/science.170.3962.1104]
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Abstract
Infection of primary rabbit kidney cells with herpes simplex virus leads to the release of a cell factor or factors that upon incubation with serum results in the cleavage of the fifth component, C5, of complement. The product of this cleavage, C5a, is chemotactic for polymorphonuclear leukocytes and could be responsible for the accumulation of these cells at the site of herpetic lesions.
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