(biochemistry, immunology) Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.
Used in a Sentence
cytokine
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for cytokine.
Editorial note
Even though the 1918 Flu had cytokine-storm-like effects, a large majority of people died of secondary infection, preventable with antibiotics.
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Quick take
(biochemistry, immunology) Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for cytokine.
noun
(biochemistry, immunology) Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.
Example sentences
Even though the 1918 Flu had cytokine-storm-like effects, a large majority of people died of secondary infection, preventable with antibiotics.
If you are currently experiencing a cytokine storm (which is basically run away inflamation) it will do the trick quite quickly.
I wasn't aware cytokine storms had moved past the hypothesis stage, but per Wikipedia it sounds like it.
It inhibits the activity of a very specific family of enzymes that play a part in regulation of the immune system (cytokine signalling).
If its not Remicade it is probably something in that family of therapies and would have similar quick effects against a cytokine storm.
Good health can compound problems with flu because it leads to a cytokine storm - flu epidemics tend to kill healthy young people disproportionately.
Then you'd only get the tiny initial tumors nuked and correspondingly not suffer cytokine storms when large amounts of cancer tissue dies at once.
Or does dialysis not remove the cytokine?
I’m not sure if I want a response of cytokine storms.
Were they just too physically weakened+had too much tumors to survive the resulting cytokine storm, leaving the doctors with a grim choice between letting patient die of cancer by suppressing T-cells too much, or from cytokine storm by not suppressing them enough?
The cytokine release is exactly what I was describing.
But if I'm reading this right, the large amount of cytokine that gets released from such a rapid destruction also wreaks havoc on your kidneys and could itself be fatal.
Quote examples
Upon reading the article one learns that the "death spiral" refers to the runaway inflammation called a cytokine storm in individual patients.
At the time, there were some guesses that it might be triggering cytokine "storms".
Then it went around a 2nd time and killed lots of young people with the same "cytokine storm" pneumonia from an excessive immune response.
I'm surprised no one has developed drugs to tackle the "cytokine storm." Perhaps some biotech startup could make a killing with this.
Proper noun examples
Cytokine storm causing respiratory failure; 2.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use cytokine in a sentence?
Even though the 1918 Flu had cytokine-storm-like effects, a large majority of people died of secondary infection, preventable with antibiotics.
What does cytokine mean?
(biochemistry, immunology) Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.
What part of speech is cytokine?
cytokine is commonly used as noun.