[cytokine produced by antigen or mitogen activated T lymphocytes, fibroblasts and macrophages that serves as a differentiation factor for lymphocytes and stimulates immunoglobulin production by B lymphocytes; it also innitiates the cell cycle in primitive hematopoietic cells in vitro. ( CSP )]
UMLS (CSP) C0021760 - Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein
- Immunologic Factor
Relation/PAR: Cytokine
hematopoietic growth factor