Immunologic Factor
interleukin 2
[ in-ter-loo-kin ]
Subclass of:
Interleukins; Lymphokines
Definitions related to interleukin-2:
  • A soluble substance elaborated by antigen- or mitogen-stimulated T-LYMPHOCYTES which induces DNA synthesis in naive lymphocytes.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (interleukin 2) Interleukin 2 is produced by T cells in response to antigenic or mitogenic stimulation and the signal carried by interleukin 1; it stimulates the proliferation of T cells bearing specific receptors for interleukin 2, expressed by antigenically stimulated T cells; it also seems to induce production of interferon gamma, and is used as an anticancer agent in a wide variety of solid malignant tumors.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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