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Biological Factors > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Cytokines > Interleukins > Interleukin-4
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Cytokines > Interleukins > Interleukin-4
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Cytokines > Interleukins > Interleukin-4

Preferred term

Interleukin-4  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Broader concept

Related concepts

Entry terms

  • 207137-56-2
  • B-Cell Growth Factor-1
  • B-Cell Growth Factor-I
  • B-Cell Proliferating Factor
  • B-Cell Stimulating Factor-1
  • B Cell Stimulatory Factor-1
  • B-Cell Stimulatory Factor 1
  • B-Cell Stimulatory Factor-1
  • BCGF-1
  • Binetrakin
  • BSF-1
  • IL-4
  • IL4
  • Mast Cell Growth Factor-2
  • MCGF-2

Allowable Qualifier(s)

Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • Interleukine-4

    French

  • 207137-56-2
  • BCGF-1
  • Binétrakine
  • BSF-1
  • Facteur BCGF-I
  • Facteur BSF-1
  • Facteur de prolifération des cellules B
  • Facteur de prolifération des lymphocytes B
  • Facteur I de croissance des cellules B
  • Facteur I de croissance des lymphocytes B
  • Facteur I de stimulation des cellules B
  • Facteur I de stimulation des lymphocytes B
  • Facteur-1 de croissance des cellules B
  • Facteur-1 de croissance des lymphocytes B
  • Facteur-1 de stimulation des cellules B
  • Facteur-1 de stimulation des lymphocytes B
  • Facteur-2 de croissance des mastocytes
  • IL-4
  • IL4
  • Interleukine 4
  • MCGF-2

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-RWCPQVZ2-M

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