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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A lymphokine, released by helper T cells in response to an antigen or mitogen, that stimulates the growth of blood stem cells and lymphoid cells such as macrophages and mast cells.
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“These depend on the presence of the growth factor interleukin-3 by combining them in microtissues with CHO cells (Chinese hamster ovary cells) that were engineered to secrete interleukin-3.”
“CD123 is part of the interleukin-3 receptor, a protein that interacts with a growth factor (called a cytokine) that influences cell survival and proliferation.”
“Upchurch D, Szilvassy SJ, Guzman ML, Howard DS, et al. (2000) The interleukin-3 receptor alpha chain is a unique marker for human acute myelogenous leukemia stem cells.”
“3 Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America The SH2-containing-5′inositol phosphatase-1 (SHIP) influences signals downstream of cytokine / chemokine receptors that play a role in megakaryocytopoiesis, including thrombopoietin, stromal-cell-derived-Factor-1 / CXCL-12 and interleukin-3.”
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