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Encyclopedia > Tumor necrosis factor alpha

Tumor necrosis factors (or the TNF-family) refers to a group of cytokines family which can cause apoptosis. Cytokines are small protein molecules that are the core of communication between immune system cells, and even between immune system cells and cells belonging to other tissue types. ... A cell undergoing apoptosis. ...


Tumor necrosis factor-alpha is the most well known member of this class, and sometimes the term "tumor necrosis factor" is used to refer to this specific form. In medicine, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα, cachexin or cachectin) is an important cytokine involved in systemic inflammation and the acute phase response. ...


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Cytokines: tumor necrosis factors

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) is a huge controlled vocabulary (or metadata system) for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books in the life sciences. ... Cytokines are a group of proteins and peptides that are used in organisms as signaling compounds. ... In medicine, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα, cachexin or cachectin) is an important cytokine involved in systemic inflammation and the acute phase response. ...


CD70 - CD153 - CD154 - FAS ligand - Lymphotoxin - OX40L - RANKL - TRAIL CD70 is a ligand for CD27. ... CD153 is a ligand for CD30. ... CD154, also called CD40 ligand or CD40L, is a protein that is expressed on T cell surfaces. ... The FAS ligand or FasL is a type II transmembrane protein that belongs to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family. ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ... “Footpath” redirects here. ...



 

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