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IL-17: prototype member of an emerging cytokine family
1 Jan 2002
Abstract excerpt
IL-17 is a potent proinflammatory cytokine produced by activated memory T cells. The large-scale sequencing of the human and other vertebrate genomes has revealed the presence of additional genes encoding proteins clearly related to IL-17, thus defining a new family of cytokines. There are at least six members of the IL-17 family in humans and in mice. Initial characterization suggests that like IL-17, several of...
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