| neutrophil activating factor | <cytokine> A cytokine that activates neutrophils and attracts neutrophils and T-lymphocytes. It is released by several cell types including monocytes, macrophages, T-lymphocytes, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, and keratinocytes by an inflammatory stimulus. Il-8 is a member of the beta-thromboglobulin superfamily and structurally related to platelet factor 4. Acronym: IL-8 (12 Dec 1998) |
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| neutrophil activating protein | <cytokine> A cytokine that activates neutrophils and attracts neutrophils and T-lymphocytes. It is released by several cell types including monocytes, macrophages, T-lymphocytes, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, and keratinocytes by an inflammatory stimulus. Il-8 is a member of the beta-thromboglobulin superfamily and structurally related to platelet factor 4. Acronym: IL-8 (12 Dec 1998) |
| insulin activating factor | <chemical> Activates insulin gene transcription in pancreatic beta cells. Synonym: insaf (05 Dec 1998) |
| osteoclast activating factor | A lymphokine that stimulates bone resorption and inhibits bone-collagen synthesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| JNK-activating protein kinase | <enzyme> A dual specificity kinase that activates jun kinases and p38-mpk2; amino acid sequence given in first source Registry number: EC 2.7.1.- Synonym: jnk kinase, jnkk, hemipterous protein, hep protein, jun amino-terminal kinase kinase, jn kinase kinase, hep gene product (26 Jun 1999) |