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lymphocyte chemoattractant factor

lymphocyte chemoattractant factor

An older term for what is now designated interleukin-16 (IL16).
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In mammals, IL-16 is a proinflammatory cytokine originally identified as a lymphocyte chemoattractant factor [54, 55] and produced by numerous cells including lymphocytes and microglia [56].
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