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Description

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF, cachexin or cachectin and formally known as tumor necrosis factor-alpha) is a cytokine involved in systemic inflammation and is a member of a group of cytokines that stimulate the acute phase reaction.

The primary role of TNF is in the regulation of immune cells. TNF is able to induce apoptotic cell death, to induce inflammation, and to inhibit tumorigenesis and viral replication. Dysregulation of TNF production has been implicated in a variety of human diseases, as well as cancer. Recombinant TNF is used as an immunostimulant under the INN tasonermin. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Wikipedia

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Tumor necrosis factor.alpha
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2000-05-04
Construct for LOINC Short Name
A-Tumor Necrosis Fact

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 肿瘤坏死因子.Alpha
Synonyms: Cachectin;Cachectine;TNF Alpha;TNF α;TNF-A;恶液素;恶液质素;恶质素;肿瘤坏死因子 Alpha;肿瘤坏死因子.α;肿瘤坏死因子α
fr-CA French (Canada) Facteur de nécrose tumorale alpha
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Tuumornekroosifaktor.alfa
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Factor de necrosis tumoral alfa
it-IT Italian (Italy) Fattore di necrosi tumorale.alfa
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Tümör nekroze edici faktör.alfa
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Опухоль некроз фактор.альфа
Synonyms: Фактор некроза опухоли.альфа
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) tumornecrosefactor.alfa
Synonyms: tumor necrose factor.alfa
fr-BE French (Belgium) Facteur de nécrose tumorale alpha
Synonyms: TNF.alpha, alpha-TNF