T-cell growth factor

T-cell growth factors acronym: TCGF(s) are signaling molecules collectively called growth factors which stimulate the production and development of T-cells. A number of them have been discovered, among them many members of the interleukin family. The thymus is one organ which releases TCGFs. TCGFs have been able to induce T-cell production outside the body for injection.

List of TCGFs
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References
  1. Oppenheim, Joost J. (August 1, 2007). "IL-2: More Than a T Cell Growth Factor". The Journal of Immunology. 179 (3): 1413–1414. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.179.3.1413. PMID 17641004 – via www.jimmunol.org.
  2. Interleukin 7 is a T-cell growth factor
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  4. Steel, JC; Waldmann, TA; Morris, JC (January 2012). "Interleukin-15 biology and its therapeutic implications in cancer". Trends Pharmacol. Sci. 33 (1): 35–41. doi:10.1016/j.tips.2011.09.004. PMC 3327885. PMID 22032984.


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