"Interleukin-11" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A lymphohematopoietic cytokine that plays a role in regulating the proliferation of ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELLS. It induces maturation of MEGAKARYOCYTES which results in increased production of BLOOD PLATELETS. Interleukin-11 was also initially described as an inhibitor of ADIPOGENESIS of cultured preadipocytes.
| Descriptor ID |
D017370
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.374.465.511 D12.776.467.374.465.511 D23.529.374.465.511
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| Concept/Terms |
Interleukin-11- Interleukin-11
- Interleukin 11
- IL-11
- IL11
- Adipogenesis Inhibitory Factor
- Factor, Adipogenesis Inhibitory
- Inhibitory Factor, Adipogenesis
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