Study note

Interleukin-3 and interleukin-4: functional names

THE CONTEXT

The target passage completes the description of interleukin-3 and introduces the former name of interleukin-4.

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Interleukin-3 stimulates multilineage hematopoiesis; this activity explains its alternative name, multi-colony-stimulating factor (multi-CSF).

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Interleukin-4 was formerly known as B cell growth factor-1 (BCGF-1).

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