lymphokine

Much the same is true of another lymphokine, interleukin 4.

One lymphokine with marked effects on both body and mind is interferon (see p 227).

IL2 is a lymphokine that induces the proliferation of responsive T-cells.

Immune interferon: a pleiotropic lymphokine with multiple effects.

Lymphotoxin (previously known as tumor necrosis factor-beta) is a lymphokine cytokine.

This gene encodes a lymphokine involved in cell-mediated immunity, immunoregulation, and inflammation.

"Neuroleukin also is a lymphokine, or a biological modifier like interleukin-2, that we think is important for antibody production," he said.

The drug also inhibits lymphokine production and interleukin release, leading to a reduced function of effector T-cells.

The activated cells have been named Lymphokine Activated Killer Cells.

Circulating lymphocytes can detect a very small concentration of lymphokine and then move up the concentration gradient towards where the immune response is required.

The exact mechanism of this relation is not known, but some evidence supports the hypothesis that this is a consequence of Th1 lymphokine prevalence.

In the presence of PSL, there was significant reduction in lymphokine activated killer activity as well(Fig 5).

Then these cells, known as LAK cells, for lymphokine activated killer cells, are infused back into the patient to fight the cancer.

A macrophage activating factor (MAF) is a lymphokine that primes macrophages to become cytotoxic to tumors.

This lymphokine and the JAB1 protein form a complex in the cytosol near the peripheral plasma membrane, which may indicate a role in integrin signaling pathways.

Members of null cells are NK cells, antigen dependent cytotoxic cells(ADCC), and the lymphokine activated killer(LAK)cells.

Each type of response has distinctive patterns of lymphokine and chemokine expression, specific types of immunoglobulins expressed, patterns of lymphocyte trafficking, and types of innate immune responses generated.

Additional distinctions between these two forms of inflammatory bowel disease exist with regard to the generation of interleukin 2 induced lymphokine activated killer cells and profuction of intestinal soluble interleukin 2 receptor.

It may be that the various lymphokine growth factors are differentially produced at different time points during the ontogeny of the immune system at different stages in the development of an immune response or at different sites within the body or lymphoid tissues [ 30 ] .