The effect of hormones of HeLa cells inoculated with infectious hepatitis specimens

HeLa cells have been studied in media supplemented with prednisolone, hydrocortisone, testosterone, oestradiol, progesterone, and aldosterone, singly and in combination. Twelve acute phase infectious hepatitis specimens did not cause a consistent degenerative effect in hormone-enriched cultures. Repeated inoculation with two virus specimens to cultures with testosterone also failed to produce a cytopathogenic effect.