Medical Definition of Macrophage-activating factor

1. An agent that stimulates macrophages to attack and ingest cancer cells. They are secreted by stimulated lymphocytes that prime macrophages to become non-specifically cytotoxic to tumours. They also modulate the expression of macrophage cell surface ia antigens. One maf is interferon-gamma (interferon type II). Other factors antigenically distinct from ifn-gamma have also been identified. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Macrophage-activating Factor

macronutrients
macronychia
macroorganism
macroorganisms
macroparameters
macroparasite
macroparasites
macroparticle
macroparticles
macropathology
macropetalous
macrophage
macrophage-1 antigen
macrophage-activating factor (current term)
macrophage activation
macrophage colony-stimulating factor
macrophage inflammatory protein
macrophage inhibition factor
macrophage migration-inhibitory factors
macrophage migration inhibition test
macrophages
macrophagic
macrophagocyte
macrophanerophyte
macrophanerophytes
macrophase

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