Macrophage-Activating Factors
"Macrophage-Activating Factors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Factors secreted by stimulated lymphocytes that prime macrophages to become nonspecifically cytotoxic to tumors. They also modulate the expression of macrophage cell surface Ia antigens. One MAF is INTERFERON-GAMMA. Other factors antigenically distinct from IFN-gamma have also been identified.
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D016215
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D12.644.276.374.480.615 D12.776.467.374.480.615 D23.529.374.480.615
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Justement LB, Kreiger J, Cambier JC. Production of multiple lymphokines by the A20.1 B cell lymphoma after cross-linking of membrane Ig by immobilized anti-Ig. J Immunol. 1989 Aug 01; 143(3):881-9.
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Pearson FC, Bohon J, Lee W, Bruszer G, Sagona M, Dawe R, Jakubowski G, Morrison D, Dinarello C. Comparison of chemical analyses of hollow-fiber dialyzer extracts. Artif Organs. 1984 Aug; 8(3):291-8.
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Zlotnik A, Roberts WK, Vasil A, Blumenthal E, Larosa F, Leibson HJ, Endres RO, Graham SD, White J, Hill J, Henson P, Klein JR, Bevan MJ, Marrack P, Kappler JW. Coordinate production by a T cell hybridoma of gamma interferon and three other lymphokine activities: multiple activities of a single lymphokine? J Immunol. 1983 Aug; 131(2):794-800.
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