Definition of lymphotoxin in US English:
lymphotoxin
nounˌlimfəˈtäksinˌlimfəˈtäksin
Medicine A lymphokine that causes the destruction of certain cells, especially tumor cells.
Example sentencesExamples
- Red bars mark the locations of putative immune genes, some of which are labelled (TNF = tumour necrosis factor, LT = lymphotoxin, HSP = heat shock protein, C2 and C4 = complement genes, TAP = antigen peptide transporter)
- TNF-b (also called lymphotoxin) is characterized by its ability to kill a number of different cell types, as well as the ability to induce terminal differentiation in others.
- Consider the following study as an example: OZAKI et al. established association of an SNP in the lymphotoxin - gene with susceptibility to myocardial infarction.