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lymphokine

DEFINITIONS OF: lymphokine

1

n a cytokine secreted by helper T cells in response to stimulation by antigens and that acts on other cells of the immune system (as by activating macrophages)

Types:
interleukin
any of several lymphokines that promote macrophages and killer T cells and B cells and other components of the immune system
Type of:
cytokine
any of various protein molecules secreted by cells of the immune system that serve to regulate the immune system
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