@article{mbs:/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-52-1-195, author = "Sedmak, J. James and Grossberg, Sidney E.", title = "Interferon Stabilization and Enhancement by Rare Earth Salts", journal= "Journal of General Virology", year = "1981", volume = "52", number = "1", pages = "195-198", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-52-1-195", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-52-1-195", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2099", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "SUMMARY The addition of salts of the rare earth elements (lanthanides) enhances by a factor of two or more the initial activity of human fibroblast, leukocyte and immune interferons as well as mouse L-cell interferon. Furthermore, the salts of the lanthanides (0.01 to 0.002 m) preserve the activity of human fibroblast interferon not only after 4 days of heating at 37 °C but also after exposure to severe shearing forces; human leukocyte interferon was stabilized to a lesser degree, albeit significantly.", }