Interleukin-4
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A soluble factor produced by activated T-LYMPHOCYTES that induces the expression of MHC CLASS II GENES and FC RECEPTORS on B-LYMPHOCYTES and causes their proliferation and differentiation. It also acts on T-lymphocytes, MAST CELLS, and several other hematopoietic lineage cells.
| Descriptor ID |
D015847
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.374.465.186 D12.776.467.374.465.178 D23.529.374.465.186
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| Concept/Terms |
Interleukin-4- Interleukin-4
- Interleukin 4
- B-Cell Growth Factor-1
- B Cell Growth Factor 1
- B-Cell Growth Factor-I
- B Cell Growth Factor I
- B-Cell Proliferating Factor
- B Cell Proliferating Factor
- B-Cell Stimulating Factor-1
- B Cell Stimulating Factor 1
- B-Cell Stimulatory Factor 1
- B-Cell Stimulatory Factor-1
- BCGF-1
- Binetrakin
- BSF-1
- IL-4
- IL4
- Mast Cell Growth Factor-2
- Mast Cell Growth Factor 2
- MCGF-2
- B Cell Stimulatory Factor-1
- B Cell Stimulatory Factor 1
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