Prescott's Microbiology
Prescott's Microbiology
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ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Cytokines are the small glycoproteins released by the cells of the immune system that acts as an intercellular mediator or signaling molecule. They are produced by a huge number of different cells. They have a broad range of action on the eukaryotic cells thereby resulting in a variety of cellular responses. The cytokines are required for the regulation of innate as well as the adaptive immune responses.

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