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il-4 (medicine) and bisulphate (medicine)


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


bisulphate (medicine)


bisulphate
<chemistry> A sulphate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal sulphates; an acid sulphate.

Origin: Pref. Bi- + sulphate.

Source: Websters Dictionary