Lymphokines and the immune response: the central role of interleukin-2

✍ Scribed by Susan L. Swain

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 982 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0952-7915
• DOI: 10.1016/0952-7915(91)90028-y

✦ Synopsis

A number of recent and past reports on the in vitro and in vivo roles of interleukin-2, interleukin-4, interferon-gamma and tumor necrosis factor-beta suggest that interleukin-2 plays a general role in the immune response. The other three lymphokines often play directive roles that determine the kind of response that occurs.