interferons

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003487",
  "term": "interferons",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Proteins secreted by vertebrate cells in response to a wide variety of inducers. They confer resistance against many different viruses, inhibit proliferation of normal and malignant cells, impede multiplication of intracellular parasites, enhance macrophage and granulocyte phagocytosis, augment natural killer cell activity, and show several other immunomodulatory functions.",
  "synonyms": [
    "interferon"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "immunologic factors",
    "interferon regulatory factors",
    "interferon regulatory factor-8",
    "interferon-gamma",
    "interferon-alpha",
    "interferon-beta"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "interferones"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/interferons/"
}