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📚 noun • entry_id 30152

cytokine

/ˈsaɪ.tə(ʊ)(ˌ)kaɪn/
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citocina
Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.
A fundamental feature expressed by the vast majority of cytokines is a profound immunomodulatory activity. Many cytokines, presently available in pure recombinant form, modify bone…
Thus, in the case of viral infection, mechanisms of resistance would be threefold, namely, interferon production, the immune response, including both antibody and lymphokine produc…
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