Interleukin-15 and tumor / 国际肿瘤学杂志

ABSTRACT

Interleukin-15 is a multffunctional cytokine,which are the activating and induction factors of the T-cell,B-cell,NK-cell and lymphokine-activated killer cell (LAK).It can stimulate hematopoietic stem cell proliferation and differentiation,enhance immunity and has anti-tumor effects.IL-15 and IL-2 have similar structures and functions,but many activating effects of IL-15 are stronger than the other's.IL-15 is closely related to tumor development,and has broad application prospects in biological therapy of cancer.