Interleukin-4 |
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| B Cell Stimulatory Factor-1; B-Cell Growth Factor-1; B-Cell Proliferating Factor; B-Cell Stimulating Factor-1; B-Cell Stimulatory Factor 1; BCGF-1; BSF-1; IL4; MCGF-2; B Cell Growth Factor 1; B Cell Growth Factor I; B Cell Proliferating Factor | |
| Soluble factor produced by activated T-lymphocytes that causes proliferation and differentiation of B-cells. Interleukin-4 induces the expression of class II major histocompatibility complex and Fc receptors on B-cells. It also acts on T-lymphocytes, mast cell lines, and several other hematopoietic lineage cells including granulocyte, megakaryocyte, and erythroid precursors, as well as macrophages. | |