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Yes, a cytokine is a type of protein that plays a role in cell signaling and immune responses in the body.

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Is cytokine a type of protein?

Yes, cytokine is a type of protein that plays a role in cell signaling and immune responses in the body.


What is the definition of the word cytokine?

A cytokine is a regulatory protein released by a cell in the immune system. Cytokines act as intercellular mediators when the body is generating an immune response.


What type of protein does TGBF1 have the instructions to make?

The gene (TGFB1) encodes for the protein Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/7040 [nih.gov ok]. It's a cytokine (a signalling protein) that has lots of different effects depending on which cells are exposed to it. In one case, researchers think that it may be doing something to the cells that maintain ear bones.


How is the structure of lymphocyte adapted to its function?

one way is that it needs to produce a lot of cytokine and immunoglobulin which involves protein synthesis so it has a lot of ribosomes.


What has the author Richard Lawrence Baretto written?

Richard Lawrence Baretto has written: 'The diagnosis of type one cytokine defects'


What are released by to cells to protect other cells by interfering with the ability to the virus to reproduce as it moves from cell to cell?

Interferons (IFNs), which are a type of cytokine.


What has the author Nicole Annette Toupin written?

Nicole Annette Toupin has written: 'The Effect of monocyte adhesion on cytokine release and on cytokine gene expression'


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Protein is not a type of energy, it is a type of chemical.


What is an adipokine?

An adipokine is a cytokine secreted by adipose tissue.


What are 3 functions of cells?

mediators, cytokine secretion, and degranulation


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