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The chemical reactions that take place in the cell that transform the complex molecules derived from food into the small molecules needed for the growth and maintenance of the cell. The series of intermediate compounds formed during digestion before the final excretion or oxidation products are formed or eliminated from the body.  

A cytokine (glycoprotein) that is released at sites in the body where inflammation has occurred.  

A basic polypeptide (glycoprotein) with heparin-binding activity. Endogenous endothelial IL-8 appears to regulate transvenular traffic during acute inflammatory responses.  

A cytokine (glycoprotein) synthesized in the bone marrow that stimulates early (fetal) proliferation and differentiation of B cells and T cells. May be useful in regenerating lymphoid cells in patients whose immune systems have been devastated by cancer chemotherapy.  

A cytokine (glycoprotein) that stimulates eosinophil growth.  

A cytokine (glycoprotein) that stimulates production of antibody-producing B cells and promotes cytotoxic T cell (i.e., killer T cells) growth.  

A hematologic growth factor (glycoprotein) cytokine that stimulates the proliferation of a wide range of white blood cells (to combat an infection).  

Known as T cell growth factor. A cytokine (glycoprotein) secreted by (immune system response) stimulated helper T cells which promotes the proliferation/differentiation of more helper T cells, and promotes the growth of lymphocytes to combat an infection. Interleukin-2 also stimulates the lymphocytes to produce gamma interferon. It is gamma interferon that prompts the cytotoxic T…

A glycoprotein (produced by macrophages in response to presence of Interleukin-1, and endotoxin in tissues) that preferentially binds to those cell receptors in the body that typically bind the lymphokine, Interleukin-1 (IL-1). When manufactured by man (e.g., via genetic engineering) and injected into the body in large quantities. IL-Ira can block the deleterious effects of…

A protein hormone that is produced by the body’s bone cells (when those bone cells have been stimulated by parathyroid hormone and/or estrogen), which is a promoter of bone formation and follicle development (in ovaries). Another function of IGF- 1 is to facilitate the transport of amino acids into cells, and further inhibit protein breakdown…