Changes

|interleukins || IL || IL-1, IL-2

|interleukins || IL || IL-1, IL-2

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|interferons || IFN || IFN-alpha

|interferons || IFN || IFN-γ

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|tumour necrosis factors || TNF || TNF-alpha

|tumour necrosis factors || TNF || TNF-α

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|growth factors || GF || NGF, EGF

|growth factors || GF || NGF, EGF

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|chemokines || - || RANTES, MCP-1

|chemokines || - || RANTES, MCP-1

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==Functions of cytokines==

==Functions of cytokines==

'''Mediating and regulating innate immunity''': bacterial and viral products, such as LPS, stimulate macrophages and natural killer cells to secrete cytokines that primarily act on endothelial cells and leukocytes. They stimulate the early stages of the inflammatory reaction to microbes.

'''Mediating and regulating innate immunity''': bacterial and viral products, such as LPS, stimulate macrophages and natural killer cells to secrete cytokines that primarily act on endothelial cells and leukocytes. They stimulate the early stages of the inflammatory reaction to microbes.