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Plural of cytokine

regular plural

The plural of cytokine is cytokines.

Forms of cytokine

Singularcytokine /ˈsaɪ.tə(ʊ)(ˌ)kaɪn/
Pluralcytokines
Countablecountable

Cytokines in a sentence

  • These latter substances have been defined as cytokines.1975 July, Bigazzi PE, Yoshida T, Ward PA, Cohen S., “Production of Lymphokine-Like Factors (Cytokines) by Simian Virus 40-Infected and...
  • The cytokines provide a classic example of products of the immune system which alter brain and endocrine activities.2013, Errol B. De Souza, editor, Preface: Neurobiology of Cytokines: Methods in Neurosciences, volume 16, page xiii
  • Some cytokines produced by myofibers and peritendinous tissue are termed myokines.2015 September 15, “A Genome-Wide mRNA Screen and Functional Analysis Reveal FOXO3 as a Candidate Gene for Chicken Growth”, in PLOS ONE…. From the entry peritendinous
  • Cytokines are developmental and homeostatic bioregulators of joint tissues, and are etiopathologically associated with progressive joint destruction.2012, J.-Y. Reginster, Osteoarthritis: Clinical and Experimental Aspects. From the entry etiopathologically
  • The major drivers of synovial inflammation are cytokines and chemokines.2019 July 8, Michael Bonelli, Karolina Dalwigk, Alexander Platzer, Isabel Olmos Calvo, Silvia Hayer, Birgit Niederreiter, et al., “IRF1 is…. From the entry FLS

Meaning of cytokine

  1. noun Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.

Full definition of cytokine

Questions about the plural of cytokine

What is the plural of cytokine?
The plural of cytokine is cytokines.
Is cytokine countable?
Cytokine is a countable noun.

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