"Interleukin-9" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A multifunctional cytokine secreted by primarily by activated TH2 CELLS that may play a role as a regulator of allergic INFLAMMATION. It has been shown to enhance the growth and CELL DIFFERENTIATION of MAST CELLS, and can act on a variety of other immune cells.
| Descriptor ID |
D016906
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.374.465.377 D12.776.467.374.465.312 D23.529.374.465.377
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| Concept/Terms |
Interleukin-9- Interleukin-9
- Interleukin 9
- T-Cell Growth Factor P40
- T Cell Growth Factor P40
- P40 T-Cell Growth Factor
- P40 T Cell Growth Factor
- IL-9
- IL9
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Interleukin-9" by people in Profiles.
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Hughes-Austin JM, Deane KD, Derber LA, Kolfenbach JR, Zerbe GO, Sokolove J, Lahey LJ, Weisman MH, Buckner JH, Mikuls TR, O'Dell JR, Keating RM, Gregersen PK, Robinson WH, Holers VM, Norris JM. Multiple cytokines and chemokines are associated with rheumatoid arthritis-related autoimmunity in first-degree relatives without rheumatoid arthritis: Studies of the Aetiology of Rheumatoid Arthritis (SERA). Ann Rheum Dis. 2013 Jun; 72(6):901-7.
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Finkelman FD, Urban JF. The other side of the coin: the protective role of the TH2 cytokines. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2001 May; 107(5):772-80.