Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lymphokine that is toxic to certain susceptible target cells.
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- noun Any of several
lymphokines that aretoxic to certaincells
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Examples
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During the study, researchers showed that T cells involved in prostate cancer are deleted because of a gene called lymphotoxin alpha.
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Enbrel® binds with tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha - a cytokine*), inhibiting its activity, and with lymphotoxin alpha (another cytokine), and reduces RA inflammation.
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White blood cells called B-cells infiltrate the tumor and release a substance called lymphotoxin, a protein that kills infected cells.
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The research team found that exposure to lymphotoxin promoted the development of cancer cells resistant to hormone therapy.
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Blocking the lymphotoxin pathway in mice caused tumours to remain dormant for three to four additional weeks, equivalent to two to three years of remission in humans, Karin says.
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They found that the resulting death of the tumour cells led to an inflammatory response in which white blood cells converged on the tumour and secreted a signalling molecule called lymphotoxin.
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Etanercept binds one or two soluble TNF molecules as well as membrane-bound TNF - α and lymphotoxin.
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The cytokines lymphotoxin (LT)? and? are mainly produced by white blood cells called lymphocytes and play an important role in organ development and control of the immune response.
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The researchers injected a protein targeting lymphotoxin into cancer-susceptible mice.
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