"Interferon-gamma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The major interferon produced by mitogenically or antigenically stimulated LYMPHOCYTES. It is structurally different from TYPE I INTERFERON and its major activity is immunoregulation. It has been implicated in the expression of CLASS II HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS in cells that do not normally produce them, leading to AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES.
| Descriptor ID |
D007371
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.374.440.893 D12.644.276.374.480.350 D12.644.276.374.480.615.350 D12.644.276.718.550 D12.776.467.374.440.893 D12.776.467.374.480.350 D12.776.467.374.480.615.350 D12.776.467.718.550 D23.529.374.440.893 D23.529.374.480.350 D23.529.374.480.615.350 D23.529.718.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Interferon-gamma- Interferon-gamma
- Type II Interferon
- Interferon, Type II
- Interferon, gamma
- Interferon, Immune
- Immune Interferon
- gamma-Interferon
- Interferon Type II
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2014 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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