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English
Etymology
From anti- + cytokine.
Adjective
anticytokine (not comparable)
- That opposes the action of cytokines.
2016 March 4, Lei Xin, Xuejun Sun, Shujie Lou, “Effects of Methane-Rich Saline on the Capability of One-Time Exhaustive Exercise in Male SD Rats”, in PLoS ONE, volume 11, number 3, →DOI:Briefly, the anticytokine antibody-conjugated beads were added to individual wells of a flat bottom plate (96-well), 50 μl of prediluted standards or samples was added after washing, and the plate was incubated at room temperature with shaking at 850 rpm for 1 h.
Noun
anticytokine (plural anticytokines)
- An agent or molecule that opposes the action of cytokines.
1997 January, Zhinan Yin, Jürgen Braun, Lucia Neure, Peihua Wu, Ulrich Eggens, Andreas Krause, Thomas Kamradt, Joachim Sieper, “T cell cytokine pattern in the joints of patients with Lyme arthritis and its regulation by cytokines and anticytokines”, in Arthritis & Rheumatism, volume 40, number 1, →DOI, page 70:We therefore hypothesized that, analogous to the mouse model, humans with Lyme arthritis express a predominant Th1 pattern in their affected joints. We also addressed the issue of whether the cytokine pattern found in the joints can be manipulated by cytokines or anticytokines.