interleukin-12
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in·ter·leu·kin-12
(in'tĕr-lū'kin),A cytokine derived from B lymphocytes and macrophages that induces γ-interferon (IFNγ) gene expression and IL-2 in T lymphocytes and natural killer cells and down-regulates Th2 cytokines.
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in·ter·leu·kin-12
(in'tĕr-lū'kin)A cytokine derived from B lymphocytes, T lymphocytes, and macrophages that induces interferon-γ gene expression in T lymphocytes and natural killer cells.
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interleukin-12
A CYTOKINE produced by T LYMPHOCYTES that inactivates natural killer cells.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005