Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lymphokine produced by macrophages and T cells that is involved in regulation of the immune system and activation of phagocytes.
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- noun a form of interferon that is produced by T cells and macrophages; involved in the activation of phagocytes
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Axtell (now a postdoctoral scholar in Steinman's lab), Steinman and their colleagues were able to induce two superficially similar forms of EAE in mice by directing the myelin-attacking T cells to predominantly secrete either gamma-interferon or IL-17, respectively.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Two cytokines called gamma-interferon and IL-17, for example, tend to induce the kinds of inflammatory immune-system arousal that can trigger multiple sclerosis.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Axtell (now a postdoctoral scholar in Steinman's lab), Steinman and their colleagues were able to induce two superficially similar forms of EAE in mice by directing the myelin-attacking T cells to predominantly secrete either gamma-interferon or IL-17, respectively.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Two cytokines called gamma-interferon and IL-17, for example, tend to induce the kinds of inflammatory immune-system arousal that can trigger multiple sclerosis.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Two cytokines called gamma-interferon and IL-17, for example, tend to induce the kinds of inflammatory immune-system arousal that can trigger multiple sclerosis.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Axtell (now a postdoctoral scholar in Steinman's lab), Steinman and their colleagues were able to induce two superficially similar forms of EAE in mice by directing the myelin-attacking T cells to predominantly secrete either gamma-interferon or IL-17, respectively.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Axtell (now a postdoctoral scholar in Steinman's lab), Steinman and their colleagues were able to induce two superficially similar forms of EAE in mice by directing the myelin-attacking T cells to predominantly secrete either gamma-interferon or IL-17, respectively.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Two cytokines called gamma-interferon and IL-17, for example, tend to induce the kinds of inflammatory immune-system arousal that can trigger multiple sclerosis.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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