Inflammatory mediators are substances, such as cytokines, produced by immune cells that aid in the defense against microbial invaders.
Chemicals like cytokines that immune cells produce to help defend against microbes are called inflammatory mediators.
| Front | Chemicals such as cytokines produced by immune cells that act on target cells to promote defense against microbes |
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| Back | inflammatory mediators |
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