interleukin

Noun

Meaning

any of several lymphokines that promote macrophages and killer T cells and B cells and other components of the immune system

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

complement immunoglobulin antibody cytokine lymphocyte neutrophil phagocyte innate immunity macrophage adaptive immunity chemokine cell-mediated immunity natural killer cell immune system protein inflammatory response
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Hypernyms

lymphokine

Examples

This binding results in the synthesis and release of various endogenous cytokine factors, such as interleukin 1 (IL-1), interleukin 6 (IL-6), and the tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Source: Internet

Medical researchers have described the activity of a recently discovered communication molecule of the body's immune system, Interleukin 37 or IL-37. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

interlesional interletter spacing interleucine interleukine interleukocyte interlevel