Encyclopedia of Cancer

2011 Edition
| Editors: Manfred Schwab

Interleukin-2

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_3097

Definition

IL-2 is the cytokine that is most central to the development of an  adaptive immune response.

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