Concept information
Preferred term
Interleukin-2
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- IL-2
- IL2
- Interleukine 2
- Interleukin II
- Lymphocyte Mitogenic Factor
- Mitogenic Factor, Lymphocyte
- T Cell Growth Factor
- T-Cell Growth Factor
- T Cell Stimulating Factor
- T-Cell Stimulating Factor
- TCGF
- Thymocyte Stimulating Factor
Scope note
- A soluble substance elaborated by antigen- or mitogen-stimulated T-LYMPHOCYTES which induces DNA synthesis in naive lymphocytes.
History note
- 1990(1978)
In other languages
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Finnish
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IL-2
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interleukiini-2
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007376
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