"Interleukin-16" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A cytokine produced by activated T-LYMPHOCYTES that stimulates the migration of CD4-POSITIVE LYMPHOCYTES and monocytes. It has been reported to suppress HIV replication.
| Descriptor ID |
D019410
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.374.465.516 D12.776.467.374.465.516 D23.529.374.465.516
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| Concept/Terms |
Interleukin-16- Interleukin-16
- Interleukin 16
- IL16
- Lymphocyte Chemoattractant Factor
- Chemoattractant Factor, Lymphocyte
- IL-16
- LCF Factor
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Interleukin-16" by people in Profiles.
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Multiple loci identified in a genome-wide association study of prostate cancer. Nat Genet. 2008 Mar; 40(3):310-5.