Immunologic Factor
interleukin 7
Definitions related to interleukin-7:
  • A cytokine produced by bone marrow stromal cells that promotes the growth of B-LYMPHOCYTE precursors and is co-mitogenic with INTERLEUKIN-2 for mature T-LYMPHOCYTE activation.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (interleukin 7) Produced by epithelial and mesangial stromal cells; serves as a differentiation factor for B cell early development; also supports growth of some thymocytes and T lymphocytes.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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