Interleukin-15

"Interleukin-15" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Cytokine that stimulates the proliferation of T-LYMPHOCYTES and shares biological activities with IL-2. IL-15 also can induce proliferation and differentiation of B-LYMPHOCYTES.

Descriptor ID	D019409
MeSH Number(s)	D12.644.276.374.465.515 D12.776.467.374.465.515 D23.529.374.465.515
Concept/Terms	Interleukin-15 Interleukin-15 IL15 Interleukin 15 IL-15

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Interleukin-15".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Peptides [D12.644]
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins [D12.644.276]
Cytokines [D12.644.276.374]
Interleukins [D12.644.276.374.465]
Interleukin-15 [D12.644.276.374.465.515]
Proteins [D12.776]
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins [D12.776.467]
Cytokines [D12.776.467.374]
Interleukins [D12.776.467.374.465]
Interleukin-15 [D12.776.467.374.465.515]
Biological Factors [D23]
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins [D23.529]
Cytokines [D23.529.374]
Interleukins [D23.529.374.465]
Interleukin-15 [D23.529.374.465.515]

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