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rouser (iou) and IL-2 (medicine)


rouser (iou)



rouser noun. E17.
[from ROUSE verb1 + -ER1.]
A person who or thing which rouses someone or something; spec. an instrument used for stirring beer in brewing. E17.
W. C. Williams He was a grand rouser of a child's imagination.
b. A person or thing remarkable in some respect; an outrageous lie. colloq. E19.
A loud noise; a noisy person or thing. M18.
= ROUSEABOUT noun 2a. Austral. L19.

IL-2 (medicine)


IL-2 -->
interleukin-2
<cytokine> A hormone-like substance released by stimulated T lymphocytes, causes activation and differentiation of Other T lymphocytes independently of antigen.

A type of interleukin, a chemical messenger, a substance that can improve the body's response to disease. It stimulates the growth of certain disease-fighting blood cells in the immune system.

It is secreted by Thl CD4 cells to stimulate CD8 cytotoxic T-1yrnphocytes. Interleukin 2 also increases the proliferation and maturation of the CD4 cells themselves. During HIV infection, Interleukin-2 production gradually declines.

Use of interleukin 2 therapy is under study as a way to raise CD4 cell counts and restore immune function.

Acronym: IL-2