Converse of object

• induce: As mentioned above interferon gamma or molecules able to mimic or induce this cytokine may be of use in the treatment of sepsis.

• involve: IL-18 or Interleukin 18 A potent pro-inflammatory cytokine involved in T-cell ( T-lymphocyte ) and macrophage activation.

Adjective modifier

• proinflammatory: Chronic stress and age related increases in the proinflammatory cytokine IL-6.

• pro-inflammatory: Notes to editors TNF-alpha is a pro-inflammatory cytokine found in the human body.

• potent: The potent angiogenic cytokine vascular endothelial growth factor ( VEGF ) appears to play a role in this process ( Ref.

• intracellular: These cells then display a Treg phenotype and function as determined by FACS, T cell proliferation assays, ELISA and intracellular cytokine staining.

• single: However they found that a single cytokine, TNF, was capable of driving the disease process.

• key: LIF has been recognized as a key cytokine in human reproductive function.

Modifies a noun

• polymorphism: Macarthur, M. , Hold, G.L. & El-Omar, E.M. Role of inflammation and cytokine gene polymorphisms in the pathogenesis of gastrointestinal malignancy.

• secretion: The depressed calcium signal correlates with decreased proliferation and cytokine secretion.

• receptor: For example we found how patients carrying a particular mutation in a cytokine receptor develop inflammation.

• inhibitor: In Progress in Inflammation Research, Novel cytokine inhibitors.

• storm: In fact, what actually happened appears to have been something different; a cytokine storm ( see Box 2 ).

• gene: To provide for efficient delivery of the cytokine, adenovirus vectors have been proposed to deliver the cytokine genes to the chicken.

Noun used with modifier

• serum: No significant correlations were observed between changes of lung function tests and serum cytokine concentration.

• virus: Virus cytokine binding proteins are generally detected as either secreted glycoproteins or as transmembrane cell surface proteins.