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Biological Factors > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Cytokines > Interleukins > Interleukin-15
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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Cytokines > Interleukins > Interleukin-15

Preferred term

Interleukin-15  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • IL-15
  • IL15
  • Interleukin 15

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 97; was INTERLEUKIN 15 (NM) 1994-96

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019409

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