See Also: B-cell stimulatory factor 2(medicine)
stem cell factor(medicine)
T-cell growth factor-2(medicine)
B-cell differentiating factor(medicine)
T-cell growth factor(medicine)
T-cell growth factor-1(medicine)
Natural killer cell stimulating factor(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
stimulatory(dictionary)
G-protein, stimulatory gs(medicine)

B-cell stimulatory factor 2 (medicine)


B-cell stimulatory factor 2 -->
interleukin-6
<cytokine> A cytokine that stimulates the growth and differentiation of human B-cells and is also a growth factor for hybridomas and plasmacytomas.

It is produced by many different cells including T-cells, monocytes, and fibroblasts. A single chain 25 kD cytokine originally described as a pre B-cell growth factor, now known to have effects on a number of other cells including T-cells which are also stimulated to proliferate.

An inducer of acute phase proteins and a colony-stimulating factor acting on mouse bone marrow.

Acronym: IL-6