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Cytokine vs Hypercytokinemia - What's the difference?

cytokine | hypercytokinemia |

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.

cytokine

English

(wikipedia cytokine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (protein, immunology) Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.

    • hypercytokinemia

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia hypercytokinemia)
  • A potentially fatal immune reaction consisting of a positive feedback loop between cytokines and immune cells, with highly elevated levels of various cytokines.

    • Synonyms

    * cytokine storm