cytokine

As nouns the difference between cytokine and cytosine

is that cytokine is (protein|immunology) any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system while cytosine is (biochemistry) a base, c₄h₅n₃o, which pairs with guanine in dna and rna.

As nouns the difference between cytokine and cytocine

is that cytokine is (protein|immunology) any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system while cytocine is (organic compound).

As a noun cytokine

is (protein|immunology) any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.

As an adjective noncytokine is

not of or pertaining to a cytokine.

As nouns the difference between cytokine and hypercytokinemia

is that cytokine is (protein|immunology) any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system while hypercytokinemia is a potentially fatal immune reaction consisting of a positive feedback loop between cytokines and immune cells, with highly elevated levels of various cytokines.

As nouns the difference between cytokine and oncostatin

is that cytokine is (protein|immunology) any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system while oncostatin is (medicine) any of a group of pleitropic cytokines.

As nouns the difference between cytokine and lymphokine

is that cytokine is (protein|immunology) any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system while lymphokine is (biochemistry) any of a group of cytokines produced by lymphocytes.

As nouns the difference between cytokine and osteoprotegerin

is that cytokine is (protein|immunology) any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system while osteoprotegerin is a cytokine that can inhibit the production of osteoclasts.

As nouns the difference between cytokine and adipokine

is that cytokine is (protein|immunology) any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system while adipokine is (biochemistry) any of several cytokines secreted by adipose tissue.