"Interleukin-5" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				A cytokine that promotes differentiation and activation of EOSINOPHILS. It also triggers activated B-LYMPHOCYTES to differentiate into IMMUNOGLOBULIN-secreting cells.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | 
										
							D015848
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						| MeSH Number(s) | 
						
							 D12.644.276.374.465.202 D12.776.467.374.465.186 D23.529.374.465.202 
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						| Concept/Terms | 
						
							Interleukin-5- Interleukin-5
 - Interleukin 5
 - BCGF-II
 - Differentiation Factor, Eosinophil
 - T-Cell-Replacing Factor
 - T Cell Replacing Factor
 - IL-5
 - IL5
 - T-Cell Replacing Factor
 - Replacing Factor, T-Cell
 - B-Cell Growth Factor-II
 - B Cell Growth Factor II
 - Eosinophil Differentiation Factor
 
  
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IL-33-mediated Eosinophilia Protects against Acute Lung Injury. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2021 05; 64(5):569-578.