淋巴毒素

一种肿瘤坏死因子

淋巴毒素(lymphotoxin)屬腫瘤壞死因子超家族一員[1],是一種腫瘤壞死因子細胞因子,由Th1細胞產生,可誘導血管內皮細胞表面黏附分子的改變,並促進吞噬細胞與之結合[2][3]

淋巴毒素分為淋巴毒素-α(LT-α)及淋巴毒素-β(LT-β),前者舊稱「腫瘤壞死因子-β」。

參考

  1. ^ Carolyn A. Cuff; Nancy H. Ruddle. Lymphotoxin. Encyclopedia of Immunology (Second Edition). 1998: 1637–1641. 
  2. ^ Kumar. Chapter 13 – Diseases of White Blood Cells, Lymph Nodes, Spleen, and Thymus. Kumar (編). Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, Professional Edition 8th. 
  3. ^ Parham, Peter. Chapter 6: T-cell mediated immunity. The immune system 2nd. New York: Garland Science. 2005: 172. ISBN 0-8153-4093-1.