Mesh term Cytokines
Browse to parent terms:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Description
Non-antibody proteins secreted by inflammatory leukocytes and some non-leukocytic cells, that act as intercellular mediators. They differ from classical hormones in that they are produced by a number of tissue or cell types rather than by specialized glands. They generally act locally in a paracrine or autocrine rather than endocrine manner.Browse to child terms:
Chemokines
Growth Differentiation Factor 15
Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors
Hepatocyte Growth Factor
Interferons
Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein
Interleukins
Leukemia Inhibitory Factor
Lymphokines
Monokines
Oncostatin M
Osteopontin
Transforming Growth Factor beta
Tumor Necrosis Factors
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