snímek PPT
Cytokines = peptides taking part in the signalling among the immune and hematopoietic system cells. No hormones (endocrine). Types:
- Interleukins (Il-1, 2,...etc.)
MF, T cells, stromal cells (HIM)? growth
and differentiation of
- lymphocytes
- hematopoetic stem cells (some of them
are known as “colony stimulating
factors”, CSF)
Ils taking part in steady-state hemopoiesis:
- multi-CSF (= Il-3) from helper T-cells
- GM-CSF
- Il-6
- Il-7 (development of B- and T-lymphocytes)