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interleukin

a substance extracted from white blood cells that stimulates their activity against infection and may be used to combat some forms of cancer
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interleukin

[‚in·tər′lü·kən]
(immunology)
Any of a class of proteins that are secreted mostly by macrophages and T lymphocytes and induce growth and differentiation of lymphocytes and hematopoietic stem cells.
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