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  1. Chemical messengers produced by lymphocytes
  2. that carry messages between the cells of the
  3. immune system (see immunity). Examples
  4. include interferon, which initiates defensive
  5. reactions to viruses, and the interleukins,
  6. which activate specific immune cells.
  7.