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Preferred term

Interleukin-5  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • B Cell Growth Factor II
  • B-Cell Growth Factor-II
  • BCGF-II
  • Differentiation Factor, Eosinophil
  • Eosinophil Differentiation Factor
  • IL-5
  • IL5
  • Replacing Factor, T-Cell
  • T Cell Replacing Factor
  • T-Cell Replacing Factor
  • T-Cell-Replacing Factor

Scope note

  • A cytokine that promotes differentiation and activation of EOSINOPHILS. It also triggers activated B-LYMPHOCYTES to differentiate into IMMUNOGLOBULIN-secreting cells.

History note

  • 90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015848

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