TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR


Meaning of TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR in English

Function: noun

Date: 1975

: a protein that is produced chiefly by monocytes and macrophages in response especially to endotoxins and that mediates inflammation and induces the destruction of some tumor cells and the activation of white blood cells

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