Establishment of new and replacement World Health Organization International Biological Standards for human interferon alpha and omega

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 17-33

  Meager, Anthony ^a   Gaines Das, Rose ^a   Zoon, Kathryn ^b   Mire Sluis, Anthony ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Assays; Collaborative study; Interferon alpha; Potency; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA1 INTERFERON; ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ALPHA2C INTERFERON; HUMAN INTERFERON; OMEGA INTERFERON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYSIS; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TITRIMETRY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERFERON TYPE I; INTERFERON TYPE I, RECOMBINANT; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0035501043     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(01)00460-4     Document Type: Article

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