"Interleukin-9" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A multifunctional cytokine secreted by primarily by activated TH2 CELLS that may play a role as a regulator of allergic INFLAMMATION. It has been shown to enhance the growth and CELL DIFFERENTIATION of MAST CELLS, and can act on a variety of other immune cells.
| Descriptor ID |
D016906
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.374.465.377 D12.776.467.374.465.312 D23.529.374.465.377
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| Concept/Terms |
Interleukin-9- Interleukin-9
- Interleukin 9
- T-Cell Growth Factor P40
- T Cell Growth Factor P40
- P40 T-Cell Growth Factor
- P40 T Cell Growth Factor
- IL-9
- IL9
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