Key cytokines, their producing and target cells, and the immune process each one drives, one cytokine per card.
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- Which cells are the primary source of IL-1?
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Activated macrophages (and other antigen-presenting cells).- Which cells primarily secrete IL-2?
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Activated CD4+ T cells (Th1 cells).- What is the main function of IL-2?
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Stimulates proliferation of T cells and NK cells.- Which cells are the main producers of IL-4?
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Th2 cells.- Which cells primarily produce IL-5?
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Th2 cells.- Which cells produce IL-6?
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Macrophages and Th2 cells.- Which cells are the main source of IL-8?
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Macrophages.- What is the main function of IL-8?
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Chemoattractant that recruits neutrophils to sites of infection.- Which cells are the main source of IL-10?
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Regulatory T cells (and Th2 cells).- Which cells are the main source of IL-12?
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Macrophages and dendritic cells.- Which cells primarily produce IL-13?
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Th2 cells.- Which cells produce IL-17?
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Th17 cells.- What is the main function of IL-17?
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Recruits neutrophils by inducing chemokine and G-CSF production.- Which cells are the primary source of TNF-alpha?
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Activated macrophages.- Which cells are the main source of IFN-gamma?
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Th1 cells and NK cells.
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