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Biological Factors > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Cytokines > Interleukins > Interleukin-16
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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Cytokines > Interleukins > Interleukin-16

Preferred term

Interleukin-16  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Chemoattractant Factor, Lymphocyte
  • IL-16
  • IL16
  • LCF Factor
  • Lymphocyte Chemoattractant Factor

Scope note

  • A cytokine produced by activated T-LYMPHOCYTES that stimulates the migration of CD4-POSITIVE LYMPHOCYTES and monocytes. It has been reported to suppress HIV replication.

History note

  • 97; was LYMPHOCYTE CHEMOATTRACTANT FACTOR (NM) 1987-96

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019410

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