IFNG and cytomegalovirus infection: In the latter study, it was demonstrated that HCMV infection triggered a robust interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and IFN-γ-inducible protein-10 (IP-10) release by dNK cells, thus differing from another study that usedin vitro co-culture with only two cell components: autologous dNK and decidual stromal cells40.