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interleukin 2, 
    1. Immunologya lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells in response to antigen and interleukin 1, that stimulates the proliferation of T cells.
    2. Drugs[Pharm.]a form of this protein produced by genetic engineering and used experimentally in immunotherapy. Abbr.: IL-2   Cf. LAK cell.
    • see interleukin 1 1980–85

'interleukin 2' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
IL-2 - LAK cell

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