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Microbiology
Immune Response
LAK cells and the stem cell growth effect of interleukin-3
THE CONTEXT
The passage describes an antitumour killer-cell response and introduces interleukin-3.
Lymphokine-activated killer cells
•
Some null cells (
LGL
)
are converted into lymphokine-activated killer (
LAK*) cells. The converting cytokine is not named in the supplied excerpt.
•
LAK cells
can destroy NK-resistant tumour cells. This property has been used in treating certain types of cancer.
Interleukin-3
•
Interleukin-3 (
IL-3
)
* is a growth factor for bone marrow stem cells.
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