It lies upon the south border of the county, west of the center, and is bounded on the north by Nelson, south by Otselic, east by Lebanon and west by DeRuyter. Its surface is a hilly upland, broken by the valley of Otselic creek into two north and south ridges, whose summits are 500 to 600 feet above the valley.
Noun. 1. interleukin-any of several lymphokines that promote macrophages and killer T cells and B cells and other components of the immune system. lymphokine-a cytokine secreted by helper T cells in response to stimulation by antigens and that acts on other cells of the immune system (as by activating macrophages).
Below are images of blood (including white blood cells) isolated from a fish, frog, and turtle. In mammals, local hormones known as cytokines regulate both innate and adaptive immune reactions. Those cytokines which act on leukocytes are called interleukins. Many interleukins are members of the 4 Î±-helical bundle cytokine family (Kaiser, 2004). There are only a few thousand protein domains known in living organisms.