lymphokine

As nouns the difference between lymphokine and lymphotoxin

is that lymphokine is (biochemistry) any of a group of cytokines produced by lymphocytes while lymphotoxin is any of several lymphokines that are toxic to certain cells.

As nouns the difference between lymphocyte and lymphokine

is that lymphocyte is (cytology|immunology) a type of white blood cell or leukocyte that is divided into two principal groups and a null group; b-lymphocytes, which produce antibodies in the humoral immune response, t-lymphocytes, which participate in the cell-mediated immune response and the null group, which contains natural killer cells, cytotoxic cells that participate in the innate immune response while lymphokine is (biochemistry) any of a group of cytokines produced by lymphocytes.

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.