干扰素(inteferon,)是1954年由长野和小岛,1957年由Isaacs和Lindenman发现的一种抗病毒物质。开初他们发现感染了病毒的细胞培养基内含有一种能抵抗其他病毒感染的蛋白质。然而,随着有关干扰素研究的长足的进步,许多新的概念已经形成。首先,不仅病毒,而且其他天然物质、合成物质以及微生物都能刺激机体产生干扰素,致敏淋巴细胞由特异抗原刺激、非致敏 Interferon is an antiviral substance discovered by Nagano and Kojima in 1954 and discovered by Isaacs and Lindenman in 1957. In the beginning, they found that the virus-infected cell culture contained a protein that was resistant to other viral infections. However, many new concepts have emerged as far as advances in interferon research are concerned. First of all, not only the virus, but also other natural substances, synthetic substances and microorganisms can stimulate the body to produce interferon, sensitized lymphocytes stimulated by specific antigens, non-sensitized