Associations to the word «Cytokine»

Wiktionary

CYTOKINE, noun. (protein) (immunology) Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.
CYTOKINE STORM, noun. (pathology) An immune system - cytokine positive feedback reaction to certain infections. Suspected as being implicated in the high mortality rates of the Spanish flu outbreak of 1918-1920.
CYTOKINE STORMS, noun. Plural of cytokine storm

Dictionary definition

CYTOKINE, noun. Any of various protein molecules secreted by cells of the immune system that serve to regulate the immune system.

Wise words

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