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  1. INTERLEUKINS 
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  3. A group of cytokines produced by body cells that convey molecular messages between cells of the immune system. Interleukin-2 (IL-2), the best known of these, acts primarily on T-lymphocytes; it is being used in the treatment of cancer.
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