Medical Definition of Interferon-b2

1. A cytokine that stimulates the growth and differentiation of human B-cells and is also a growth factor for hybridomas and plasmacytomas. It is produced by many different cells including T-cells, monocytes, and fibroblasts. A single chain 25 kD cytokine originally described as a pre B-cell growth factor, now known to have effects on a number of other cells including T-cells which are also stimulated to proliferate. An inducer of acute phase proteins and a colony-stimulating factor acting on mouse bone marrow. Acronym: IL-6 (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Interferon-b2

interferes
interfering
interferingly
interferogram
interferograms
interferometer
interferometers
interferometric
interferometrically
interferometrist
interferometry
interferon
interferon-alpha
interferon-alpha 2a
interferon-alpha 2b
interferon-b2 (current term)
interferon-beta
interferon-gamma
interferon inducers
interferon type I
interferon type II
interferons
interfertile
interfertility
interfiber
interfibrillar
interfibrillary
interfibrous
interfilament
interfilamentous

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