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I mean… you’re not wrong. That is the strict ontological definition. But like 99% of the time someone mentions cytokines in an actual conversation they are tak
by pfisherman 3y ago
I mean… you’re not wrong. That is the strict ontological definition.
But like 99% of the time someone mentions cytokines in an actual conversation they are taking about inflammatory / immune signaling.[1]
Immune cells are far and away the largest class of circulating motile cells, no?
1. https://testdirectory.questdiagnostics.com/test/test-detail/36611/cytokine-panel-13-serum?cc=MASTER https://testdirectory.questdiagnostics.com/test/test-detail/...
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