Ectopic hTERT expression does not affect the ability of HEL cells to produce antiviral cytokines.

HEL-299, HEL-TERT, and HEL-TERT-T cells were mock- or SeV-infected at 100 HAU/106 cell. At 24 hpi, the media were transferred to naïve Vero cell monolayers. 6 h later, the Vero cells were infected with ∼200 PFU of VSV-eGFP per well. At 24 hpi with VSV-eGFP, the Vero cells were fixed and the number of fluorescent plaques counted. Data shown represents the average of two experiments performed in duplicate (± standard errors of the means).