interleukin

IPA: ɪntɝɫˈukɪn

(biochemistry) Any of a group of cytokine proteins important in the regulation of lymphocyte function.

Examples of "interleukin" in Sentences

Mice exposed to pollution showed a 15-fold increase in interleukin-6 just 24 hours later.
Unlike existing drugs, it blocks a protein called interleukin-6, making it an option for the patients who don't respond to other treatments.
A flu infection stimulates the release of an immune system protein called interleukin-6, which in normal amounts helps the immune system do its job.
It's well known that sleep is induced by an immune "expression," or a cytokine, called interleukin-2, which happens in response to the LPS put off by our gut bacteria.
Kaptoge S, Mann AG, Sarwar N, Wood A, et al. (2008) Long-term interleukin-6 levels and subsequent risk of coronary heart disease: two new prospective studies and a systematic review.
Specifically, the researchers found that retinoic acid, a form of vitamin A, seems to work together with high levels of a pro-inflammatory substance known as interleukin-15 IL-15 to break the body's tolerance to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye.
A roughly similar result was seen when part of the sequence of a small bacterial protein was randomized to generate a library containing about forty million members, and when a library of fifty million artificial “minibodies” was probed for binding to a protein called interleukin Nord, K., Gunneriusson, E., Uhlen, M., and Nygren, P.