"Interleukin-5" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A cytokine that promotes differentiation and activation of EOSINOPHILS. It also triggers activated B-LYMPHOCYTES to differentiate into IMMUNOGLOBULIN-secreting cells.
| Descriptor ID |
D015848
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.374.465.202 D12.776.467.374.465.186 D23.529.374.465.202
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| Concept/Terms |
Interleukin-5- Interleukin-5
- Interleukin 5
- BCGF-II
- Differentiation Factor, Eosinophil
- T-Cell-Replacing Factor
- T Cell Replacing Factor
- IL-5
- IL5
- T-Cell Replacing Factor
- Replacing Factor, T-Cell
- B-Cell Growth Factor-II
- B Cell Growth Factor II
- Eosinophil Differentiation Factor
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Familial eosinophilia: clinical and laboratory results on a U.S. kindred. Am J Med Genet. 1998 Mar 19; 76(3):229-37.