polymorphonuclear leukocyte inhibitory factor

  • 1leukocyte inhibitory factor — (LIF) a lymphokine that inhibits the migration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes but not macrophages …

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  • 2Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… …

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  • 3Oncostatin M — PDB rendering based on 1evs …

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  • 4test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… …

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  • 5human disease — Introduction       an impairment of the normal state of a human being that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. health versus disease       Before human disease can be discussed, the meanings of the terms health, physical fitness, illness …

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  • 6immune system — Anat. a diffuse, complex network of interacting cells, cell products, and cell forming tissues that protects the body from pathogens and other foreign substances, destroys infected and malignant cells, and removes cellular debris: the system… …

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  • 7Beta-glucan — Diagram showing orientation and location of different beta glucan linkages …

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