Name: | Interleukin-4 |
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Description: | A soluble factor produced by activated T-LYMPHOCYTES that induces the expression of MHC CLASS II GENES and FC RECEPTORS on B-LYMPHOCYTES and causes their proliferation and differentiation. It also acts on T-lymphocytes, MAST CELLS, and several other hematopoietic lineage cells. |
Synonyms: |
B Cell Growth Factor 1; B Cell Stimulatory Factor 1; B-Cell Growth Factor-1; B-Cell Proliferating Factor; Mast Cell Growth Factor-2; IL-4; B Cell Growth Factor I; B-Cell Growth Factor-I; MCGF-2; B-Cell Stimulating Factor-1.
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