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il-4 (medicine)


IL-4 -->
interleukin-4
<cytokine> A soluble cytokine factor produced by activated T-lymphocytes that promotes antibody production by causing proliferation and differentiation of B-cells.

Interleukin-4 induces the expression of class II major histocompatibility complex and fc receptors on B-cells. It also acts on T-lymphocytes, mast cell lines, and several Other haematopoietic lineage cells including granulocyte, megakaryocyte, and erythroid precursors, as well as macrophages.

Acronym: IL-4


pursive (iou)



pursive adjective. arch. LME.
[Anglo-Norman porsif alt. of Old French polsif (mod. poussif), from polser breathe with difficulty, pant, from Latin pulsare drive or agitate violently (see PUSH verb). Cf. PURSY adjective1.]
Esp. of a horse: short-winded, broken-winded, asthmatic.
pursiveness noun LME.