"Interleukin-12" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A heterodimeric cytokine that plays a role in innate and adaptive immune responses. Interleukin-12 is a 70 kDa protein that is composed of covalently linked 40 kDa and 35 kDa subunits. It is produced by DENDRITIC CELLS; MACROPHAGES and a variety of other immune cells and plays a role in the stimulation of INTERFERON-GAMMA production by T-LYMPHOCYTES and NATURAL KILLER CELLS.
| Descriptor ID |
D018664
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.374.465.512 D12.776.467.374.465.512 D23.529.374.465.512
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| Concept/Terms |
Interleukin-12- Interleukin-12
- Edodekin Alfa
- IL 12
- Natural Killer Cell Stimulatory Factor
- IL-12 p70
- IL12
- Interleukin 12
- Interleukin-12 p70
- Interleukin 12 p70
- p70, Interleukin-12
- Cytotoxic Lymphocyte Maturation Factor
- IL-12
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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