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| Domain | Definition |
Health | Interleukin-2; chemical mediator produced by activated T lymphocytes and which regulates the proliferation of T cells, as well as playing a role in the regulation of NK cell activity. (references) |
Medicine | Interleukin-2:chemical mediator produced by activated T lymphocytes and which regulates the proliferation of T cells, as well as playing a role in the regulation of NK cell activity. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
IL-2 | English | Interleukin-2 | Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: IL-2 |
| Specialty definitions using "IL-2": aldesleukin ♦ histamine dihydrochloride, hu14.18-interleukin-2 fusion protein ♦ Interleukin-15 ♦ leuvectin ♦ Receptors, Interleukin-2. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
High Tech |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | When a t-cell encounters a foreign antigen, the resting t-cell becomes activated. Activated t-cells both secrete il-2 and express il-2 receptors. Il-2 promotes the growth of normal t-cells, which help defend the body against cancer. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | IL-2 causes pulmonary edema and hypotension when it is given to humans as cancer chemotherapy. (references) | |
However, evaluation of soluble receptors for TNF and IL-2 demonstrated that they were strikingly elevated in HPS patients, as compared with controls. (references) | ||
For example, both forms of soluble TNF receptor (55 kd and 75 kd) and the soluble IL-2 receptor can be released from activated mononuclear cells, even in the absence of binding of the respective cytokine. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "IL-2" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "IL-2" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 66.67% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 33.33% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "IL-2"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
French | interleukine-2, IL-2, facteur de croissance des lymphocytes T. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | il-2ay interleuquina-2 (interleukin-2, T-cell growth factor, TCGF, thymocyte stimulating factor). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "2-i-l" | |
-1 letter: li. | |
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