INTERLEUKIN 1


Meaning of INTERLEUKIN 1 in English

/in"teuhr looh'kin/ , Immunol.

any of several proteins released from certain cells, esp. macrophages, and having various effects on the activity of other cells, as promoting inflammation or enhancing T-cell proliferation. Abbr.: IL-1

[ 1979; INTER- + LEUK(OCYTE) + -IN 2 ; so called because such proteins act as agents of communication between different populations of leukocytes ]

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